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Abstract Structural, regulatory and enzymatic proteins interact with DNA to maintain a healthy and functional genome. Yet, our structural understanding of how proteins interact with DNA is limited. We present MELD-DNA, a novel computational approach to predict the structures of protein–DNA complexes. The method combines molecular dynamics simulations with general knowledge or experimental information through Bayesian inference. The physical model is sensitive to sequence-dependent properties and conformational changes required for binding, while information accelerates sampling of bound conformations. MELD-DNA can: (i) sample multiple binding modes; (ii) identify the preferred binding mode from the ensembles; and (iii) provide qualitative binding preferences between DNA sequences. We first assess performance on a dataset of 15 protein–DNA complexes and compare it with state-of-the-art methodologies. Furthermore, for three selected complexes, we show sequence dependence effects of binding in MELD predictions. We expect that the results presented herein, together with the freely available software, will impact structural biology (by complementing DNA structural databases) and molecular recognition (by bringing new insights into aspects governing protein–DNA interactions).
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DNA damage alters binding conformations of E. coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein
- Award ID(s):
- 1817712
- PAR ID:
- 10531528
- Publisher / Repository:
- ScienceDirect
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Biophysical Journal
- Volume:
- 122
- Issue:
- 19
- ISSN:
- 0006-3495
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 3950 to 3958
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.08.018
