Hots of the 11-mer that the bound tryptophan ligand was not

Hots of the 11-mer that the bound tryptophan ligand was not tightly held by its hydrogen bonds to residues on these loops. Such large loop motions were not observed in the 12-mer where the ligand molecules appeared to be firmly bound throughout the simulation. It is intriguing to find two crystal structures which are so similar, yet whose dynamics are so different. Considering the mismatch between the number of the subunits and the number of wave nodes in the 11-mer, it suggests that the fluctuations of the loops are coupled with the deformations around the wave nodes located at the order 47931-85-1 subunit cores. Figure 9 shows the covariance matrix for the z-components of the mass centers of the subunits,SDciz Dcjz T, which contribute theInfluence of Symmetry on Protein DynamicsFigure 7. Correlations of the principal modes. Correlation function Ck a?of the displacements of two atoms separated by an angle Da calculated for the principal modes of (A) 11-mer TRAP and (B) 12-mer TRAP. The vertical broken lines indicate the location of the subunit interfaces. The plots are for the principal modes of the 1st (red), 2nd (green), 3rd (blue), 4th (yellow), 5th (cyan), 6th (magenta), and 7th (black) from top to bottom. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050011.gmost to the global deformations of the ring. The variances of the 12-mer (the diagonal part of Figure 9B) are larger than those of the 11-mer (Figure 9A). In both matrices, one can see positive or negative correlation between every fourth subunit, i, i+3, i+6, and i+9. The correlation between i and i+3 is negative, and between i and i+6 is positive. This pattern is characteristic in the 1480666 T’ modes. 3 In fact, essentially the same pattern was obtained using only the lowest-frequency normal modes of T’ . This pattern is clearer for 3 the 12-mer than for the 11-mer since the number of subunits moving cooperatively (three) is commensurable with 12, but notwith 11. Movements of the entire subunit in the xy-plane showed only a small 1676428 difference between the two TRAPs, and their correlation pattern was found to originate from the minor T’ 2 mode, not from the T’ (data not shown). 3 The above observations on the fluctuations were further confirmed by the decomposition of the sum of the fluctuations P SDr2 T, into the of the Ca atoms within a single subunit, ii[subunitinternal and the external (i.e., translational and rotational) contributions. The internal contribution was calculated after the??=2 Figure 8. Intra-subunit fluctuations of TRAP. (A) RMS intra-subunit fluctuations of Ca atoms SDr2 T are plotted by residue for 11-mer TRAP i (blue) and 12-mer TRAP (red), which are averaged over the subunits. The amplitudes of fluctuations are depicted on the structures: (B) 11-mer TRAP and (C) 12-mer TRAP. The main-chain traces are colored according to the amplitudes of the fluctuations. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050011.gInfluence of Symmetry on Protein DynamicsFigure 9. Inter-subunit correlations of TRAP. The covariance matrices of the z-axis component of the mass centers of the subunits are shown for (A) 11-mer TRAP and (B) 12-mer TRAP, respectively. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050011.gsuperposition of each subunit onto its average structure, and the translational contribution was calculated by the variance of the center of mass of the subunit. The contribution of rotation was estimated by subtracting the internal and translational contributions from the total Nafarelin chemical information fluctuation. Figure 10 shows the result of the decomposition along the.Hots of the 11-mer that the bound tryptophan ligand was not tightly held by its hydrogen bonds to residues on these loops. Such large loop motions were not observed in the 12-mer where the ligand molecules appeared to be firmly bound throughout the simulation. It is intriguing to find two crystal structures which are so similar, yet whose dynamics are so different. Considering the mismatch between the number of the subunits and the number of wave nodes in the 11-mer, it suggests that the fluctuations of the loops are coupled with the deformations around the wave nodes located at the subunit cores. Figure 9 shows the covariance matrix for the z-components of the mass centers of the subunits,SDciz Dcjz T, which contribute theInfluence of Symmetry on Protein DynamicsFigure 7. Correlations of the principal modes. Correlation function Ck a?of the displacements of two atoms separated by an angle Da calculated for the principal modes of (A) 11-mer TRAP and (B) 12-mer TRAP. The vertical broken lines indicate the location of the subunit interfaces. The plots are for the principal modes of the 1st (red), 2nd (green), 3rd (blue), 4th (yellow), 5th (cyan), 6th (magenta), and 7th (black) from top to bottom. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050011.gmost to the global deformations of the ring. The variances of the 12-mer (the diagonal part of Figure 9B) are larger than those of the 11-mer (Figure 9A). In both matrices, one can see positive or negative correlation between every fourth subunit, i, i+3, i+6, and i+9. The correlation between i and i+3 is negative, and between i and i+6 is positive. This pattern is characteristic in the 1480666 T’ modes. 3 In fact, essentially the same pattern was obtained using only the lowest-frequency normal modes of T’ . This pattern is clearer for 3 the 12-mer than for the 11-mer since the number of subunits moving cooperatively (three) is commensurable with 12, but notwith 11. Movements of the entire subunit in the xy-plane showed only a small 1676428 difference between the two TRAPs, and their correlation pattern was found to originate from the minor T’ 2 mode, not from the T’ (data not shown). 3 The above observations on the fluctuations were further confirmed by the decomposition of the sum of the fluctuations P SDr2 T, into the of the Ca atoms within a single subunit, ii[subunitinternal and the external (i.e., translational and rotational) contributions. The internal contribution was calculated after the??=2 Figure 8. Intra-subunit fluctuations of TRAP. (A) RMS intra-subunit fluctuations of Ca atoms SDr2 T are plotted by residue for 11-mer TRAP i (blue) and 12-mer TRAP (red), which are averaged over the subunits. The amplitudes of fluctuations are depicted on the structures: (B) 11-mer TRAP and (C) 12-mer TRAP. The main-chain traces are colored according to the amplitudes of the fluctuations. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050011.gInfluence of Symmetry on Protein DynamicsFigure 9. Inter-subunit correlations of TRAP. The covariance matrices of the z-axis component of the mass centers of the subunits are shown for (A) 11-mer TRAP and (B) 12-mer TRAP, respectively. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050011.gsuperposition of each subunit onto its average structure, and the translational contribution was calculated by the variance of the center of mass of the subunit. The contribution of rotation was estimated by subtracting the internal and translational contributions from the total fluctuation. Figure 10 shows the result of the decomposition along the.