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    J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Jul 12;128(27):8803-12.

    Docking of photosystem I subunit C using a constrained geometric simulation.

    Jolley CC, Wells SA, Hespenheide BM, Thorpe MF, Fromme P.

    Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.

    The elucidation of assembly pathways of multi-subunit protein complexes is a problem of great interest in structural biology and biomolecular modeling. In this study, we use a new computer algorithm for the simulation of large-scale motion in proteins to dock the subunit PsaC onto Photosystem I. We find that a complicated docking pathway involving multiple conformational changes can be quickly simulated by actively targeting only a few residues at a time to their target positions. Simulations for two possible docking scenarios are explored, and experimental approaches to distinguish between them are discussed.

    PMID: 16819873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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