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Achyuta N, Kanagasabai S, Vinayagam P, Mohanakrishnan AK, Gautham N, Gunasekaran K. Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 3-(bromo-meth-yl)-2-[1,2-di-bromo-2-(6-nitro-benzo[ d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)eth-yl]-1-(phenyl-sulfon-yl)-1 H-indole chloro-form 0.585-solvate. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2023; 79:813-816. [PMID: 37693675 PMCID: PMC10483562 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989023007120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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The title indole derivative, C24H17Br3N2O6S, crystallizes with a partial occupancy [0.585 (4)] CHCl3 solvent mol-ecule. The dihedral angles between the indole ring system and pendant nitro-benzodioxolane rings system and phenyl-sulfonyl ring are 4.81 (14) and 72.24 (19)°, respectively. In the crystal, the indole mol-ecules are linked to each other and to the chloro-form mol-ecule by weak C-H⋯O, C-H⋯Cl, C-H⋯π, C-Br⋯π and C-Cl⋯π and aromatic π-π stacking inter-actions. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was carried out and the inter-molecular contacts with the most significant contributions are H⋯O/O⋯H (24.3%), H⋯H (18.4%), Br⋯H/H⋯Br (16.8%) and C⋯H/H⋯C (8.4%).
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- Nagaraj Achyuta
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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Nagaraj A, Srinivasa Raghavan S, Niraikulam A, Gautham N, Gunasekaran K. Sanggenol B, a plant bioactive, as a safer alternative to tackle cancer by antagonising human FGFR. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-12. [PMID: 37551114 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2245047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Fibroblast Growth Receptor Factor (FGFR) are a family of proteins which are, in addition to their biological role, are involved in various pathological functions, such as cancer cellular proliferation, and metastasis. Deregulation of FGFRs at various points could result in malignancy. A conformational transition of the DFG (Asp-Phe-Gly) motif can switch the enzyme from a catalytically active (DFG-in) to an inactive (DFG-out) state. There are a few FDFR inhibitors which have received approval from the FDA, but these have adverse side effects. Hence, there is a demand for safer alternatives. With this aim, Ligand and Structure based virtual screening was carried to identify suitable lead molecule. In this process, Four Featured atom-based 3D Pharmacophore with quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis (3D-QSAR) was developed. The External validation of the hypothesis was carried invoking criteria such as Area under the ROC curve. Natural plant compound databases such as the Traditional Chinese medicine, NPACT and the ZINC Natural databases were chosen for pharmacophore filtering, which was followed by virtual screening against FGFR isoforms. The compound Sanggenol B was identified as the most suitable lead molecule. Structural stability of the protein-ligand complex and interactions of the ligand (Sanggenol B & the reference compound Ponatinib) with FGFR were analysed for 1000 ns (triplicate) by means of molecular simulation and the binding free energy was calculated using MMGBSA. Sanggenol B (PubChem CID: 15233694) binds effectively at the active site with favourable energies and is proposed as a safe alternative from a natural source.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Achyuta Nagaraj
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
- RIKEN Centre for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Chennai, India
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- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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Artheswari G, Maheshwaran V, Gautham N. Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 3-(cyclo-propyl-meth-oxy)-4-(di-fluoro-meth-oxy)- N-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)benzamide. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2019; 75:1515-1518. [PMID: 31636985 PMCID: PMC6775738 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989019012866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The title compound, C18H18F2N2O3, crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. They differ essentially in the orientation of the pyridine ring with respect to the benzene ring; these two rings are inclined to each other by 53.3 (2)° in mol-ecule A and by 72.9 (2)° in mol-ecule B. The 3-(cyclo-propyl-meth-oxy) side chain has an extended conformation in both mol-ecules. The two mol-ecules are linked by a pair of C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and two C-H⋯π inter-actions, forming an A-B unit. In the crystal, this unit is linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a zigzag -A-B-A-B- chain along [001]. The chains are linked by C-H⋯N and C-H⋯F hydrogen bonds to form layers parallel to the ac plane. Finally, the layers are linked by a third C-H⋯π inter-action, forming a three-dimensional structure. The major contributions to the Hirshfeld surface are those due to H⋯H contacts (39.7%), followed by F⋯H/H⋯F contacts (19.2%).
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- G. Artheswari
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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Karthik S, Mandal PK, Thirugnanasambandam A, Gautham N. Crystal structures of disordered Z-type helices. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2018; 38:279-293. [PMID: 30588873 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2018.1517883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The X-ray crystal structures of a decamer sequence d(CGCGTACGCG)2 and a tetradecamer sequence d(CGCGCGTACGCGCG)2 are presented here. Both sequences are alternating pyrimidine-purine repeat sequences and they form disordered, pseudo-continuous left handed Z-type helices. They demonstrate interesting variants of the 'bundles of columns of helices' mode of packing.
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- S Karthik
- a Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras, Guindy Campus , Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras, Guindy Campus , Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras, Guindy Campus , Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras, Guindy Campus , Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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We have earlier reported the iMOLSDOCK technique to perform 'induced-fit' peptide-protein docking. iMOLSDOCK uses the mutually orthogonal Latin squares (MOLSs) technique to sample the conformation and the docking pose of the small molecule ligand and also the flexible residues of the receptor protein, and arrive at the optimum pose and conformation. In this paper we report the extension carried out in iMOLSDOCK to dock nonpeptide small molecule ligands to receptor proteins. We have benchmarked and validated iMOLSDOCK with a dataset of 34 protein-ligand complexes as well as with Astex Diverse dataset, with nonpeptide small molecules as ligands. We have also compared iMOLSDOCK with other flexible receptor docking tools GOLD v5.2.1 and AutoDock Vina. The results obtained show that the method works better than these two algorithms, though it consumes more computer time. The source code and binary of MOLS 2.0 (under a GNU Lesser General Public License) are freely available for download at https://sourceforge.net/projects/mols2-0/files/ .
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- D Sam Paul
- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600025, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600025, India.
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Allergy is a common health problem worldwide, especially food allergy. Since B cell epitopes that are recognized by the IgE antibodies act as antigenic determinants for allergy, they play a vital role in diagnostics. Hence, knowledge of an IgE binding epitope in a protein is of particular interest for identifying aller-genic proteins. Though IgE epitopes maybe conformational or linear, identification of the later is useful especially in food allergens that undergo processing or digestion. Very few computational tools are available for the prediction of linear IgE epitopes. Here we report a prediction system that predicts the exact linear IgE epitope. Since our earlier study on linear B cell epitope prediction demonstrated the effectiveness of using an exact epitope dataset (in contrast to epitope containing region datasets), the dataset in this study uses only experimentally verified exact IgE, IgG, IgM and IgA epitopes. Models for Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Random Forest (RF) were constructed adopting Dipeptide Deviation from the Expected mean (DDE) feature vector. Extensive validation procedures including five-fold cross validation and two different independent dataset tests have been performed to validate the proposed method, which achieved a balanced accuracy ranging from 74 to 78% with area under receiver operator curve greater than 0.8. Performance of the proposed method was observed to be better (accuracy difference of 16-28%) in comparison to the existing available method. The proposed method is developed as a standalone tool that could be used for predicting IgE epitopes as well as to be incorporated into any allergen prediction toolhttps://github.com/brsaran/BCIgePred.
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- V Saravanan
- Center for Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600025 India.,
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- Center for Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600025 India
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Karthik S, Thirugnanasambandam A, Mandal PK, Gautham N. Crystal structure of d(CCGGGGTACCCCGG) 2 at 1.4 Å resolution. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2017; 73:259-265. [PMID: 28471357 PMCID: PMC5417315 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x17004770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The X-ray crystal structure of the DNA tetradecamer sequence d(CCGGGGTACCCCGG)2 is reported at 1.4 Å resolution in the tetragonal space group P41212. The sequence was designed to fold as a four-way junction. However, it forms an A-type double helix in the presence of barium chloride. The metal ion could not be identified in the electron-density map. The crystallographic asymmetric unit consists of one A-type double helix with 12 base pairs per turn, in contrast to 11 base pairs per turn for canonical A-DNA. A large number of solvent molecules have been identified in both the grooves of the duplex and around the backbone phosphate groups.
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- Selvam Karthik
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), 2 Rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac CEDEX, France
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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Karthik S, Thirugnanasambandam A, Mandal PK, Gautham N. Comparison of X-ray crystal structures of a tetradecamer sequence d(CCCGGGTACCCGGG) 2 at 1.7 Å resolution. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2017; 36:343-354. [PMID: 28387634 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2017.1287378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We present here a comparison of three different X-ray crystal structures of DNA tetradecamer sequence d(CCCGGGTACCCGGG)2 all at about 1.7 Å resolution. The sequence was designed as an attempt to form a DNA four-way junction with A-type helical arms. However, in the presence of zinc, magnesium, and in the absence of any metal ion, it does not take up the junction structure, but forms an A-type double helix. This allowed us to study possible conformational changes in the double helix due to the presence of metal ions. Upon addition of the zinc ion, there is a change in the space group from P41212 to P41. The overall conformation of the duplex remains the same. There are small changes in the interaction of the metal ions with the DNA. In the zinc-bound structure, there are two zinc ions that show direct interaction with the N7 atoms of terminal G13 bases at either end of the molecule. There are small changes in the interhelical contacts. The consequence of these differences is to break some of the symmetry and change the space group.
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- S Karthik
- a CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras , Guindy Campus, Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras , Guindy Campus, Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras , Guindy Campus, Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras , Guindy Campus, Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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Paul DS, Gautham N. iMOLSDOCK: Induced-fit docking using mutually orthogonal Latin squares (MOLS). J Mol Graph Model 2017; 74:89-99. [PMID: 28365533 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2017.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We have earlier reported the MOLSDOCK technique to perform rigid receptor/flexible ligand docking. The method uses the MOLS method, developed in our laboratory. In this paper we report iMOLSDOCK, the 'flexible receptor' extension we have carried out to the algorithm MOLSDOCK. iMOLSDOCK uses mutually orthogonal Latin squares (MOLS) to sample the conformation and the docking pose of the ligand and also the flexible residues of the receptor protein. The method then uses a variant of the mean field technique to analyze the sample to arrive at the optimum. We have benchmarked and validated iMOLSDOCK with a dataset of 44 peptide-protein complexes with peptides. We have also compared iMOLSDOCK with other flexible receptor docking tools GOLD v5.2.1 and AutoDock Vina. The results obtained show that the method works better than these two algorithms, though it consumes more computer time.
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- D Sam Paul
- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600025, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600025, India.
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Unnikrishnan P, Vimala S, Gautham N. Acute hypotension as a manifestation of seizures intraoperatively. Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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- P. Unnikrishnan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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We previously developed an algorithm to perform conformational searches of proteins and peptides, and to perform the docking of ligands to protein receptors. In order to identify optimal conformations and docked poses, this algorithm uses mutually orthogonal Latin squares (MOLS) to rationally sample the vast conformational (or docking) space, and then analyzes this relatively small sample using a variant of mean field theory. The conformational search part of the algorithm was denoted MOLS 1.0. The docking portion of the algorithm, which allows only "flexible ligand/rigid receptor" docking, was denoted MOLSDOCK. Both are FORTRAN-based command-line-only molecular docking computer programs, though a GUI was developed later for MOLS 1.0. Both the conformational search and the rigid receptor docking parts of the algorithm have been extensively validated. We have now further enhanced the capabilities of the program by incorporating "induced fit" side-chain receptor flexibility for docking peptide ligands. Benchmarking and extensive testing is now being carried out for the flexible receptor portion of the docking. Additionally, to make both the peptide conformational search and docking algorithms (the latter including both flexible ligand/rigid receptor and flexible ligand/flexible receptor techniques) more accessible to the research community, we have developed MOLS 2.0, which incorporates a new Java-based graphical user interface (GUI). Here, we give a detailed description of MOLS 2.0. The source code and binary for MOLS 2.0 are distributed free (under a GNU Lesser General Public License) to the scientific community. They are freely available for download at https://sourceforge.net/projects/mols2-0/files/ .
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- D Sam Paul
- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600025, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600025, India.
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Thirugnanasambandam A, Karthik S, Artheswari G, Gautham N. DNA polymorphism in crystals: three stable conformations for the decadeoxynucleotide d(GCATGCATGC). Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2016; 72:780-8. [PMID: 27303798 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798316006306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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High-resolution structures of DNA fragments determined using X-ray crystallography or NMR have provided descriptions of a veritable alphabet of conformations. They have also shown that DNA is a flexible molecule, with some sequences capable of adopting two different structures. Here, the first example is presented of a DNA fragment that can assume three different and distinct conformations in crystals. The decanucleotide d(GCATGCATGC) was previously reported to assume a single-stranded double-fold structure. In one of the two crystal structures described here the decamer assumes both the double-fold conformation and, simultaneously, the more conventional B-type double-helical structure. In the other crystal the sequence assumes the A-type double-helical conformation. These results, taken together with CD spectra, which were recorded as the decamer was titrated against four metal ions and spermine, indicate that the molecule may exist as a mixed population of structures in solution. Small differences in the environmental conditions, such as the concentration of metal ion, may decide which of these crystallizes out. The results also support the idea that it may be possible for DNA to change its structure to suit the binding requirements of proteins or drugs.
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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Thirugnanasambandam A, Karthik S, Mandal PK, Gautham N. The novel double-folded structure of d(GCATGCATGC): a possible model for triplet-repeat sequences. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 71:2119-26. [PMID: 26457435 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004715013930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The structure of the decadeoxyribonucleotide d(GCATGCATGC) is presented at a resolution of 1.8 Å. The decamer adopts a novel double-folded structure in which the direction of progression of the backbone changes at the two thymine residues. Intra-strand stacking interactions (including an interaction between the endocylic O atom of a ribose moiety and the adjacent purine base), hydrogen bonds and cobalt-ion interactions stabilize the double-folded structure of the single strand. Two such double-folded strands come together in the crystal to form a dimer. Inter-strand Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds form four base pairs. This portion of the decamer structure is similar to that observed in other previously reported oligonucleotide structures and has been dubbed a `bi-loop'. Both the double-folded single-strand structure, as well as the dimeric bi-loop structure, serve as starting points to construct models for triplet-repeat DNA sequences, which have been implicated in many human diseases.
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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Saravanan V, Gautham N. Harnessing Computational Biology for Exact Linear B-Cell Epitope Prediction: A Novel Amino Acid Composition-Based Feature Descriptor. OMICS 2015; 19:648-58. [PMID: 26406767 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Proteins embody epitopes that serve as their antigenic determinants. Epitopes occupy a central place in integrative biology, not to mention as targets for novel vaccine, pharmaceutical, and systems diagnostics development. The presence of T-cell and B-cell epitopes has been extensively studied due to their potential in synthetic vaccine design. However, reliable prediction of linear B-cell epitope remains a formidable challenge. Earlier studies have reported discrepancy in amino acid composition between the epitopes and non-epitopes. Hence, this study proposed and developed a novel amino acid composition-based feature descriptor, Dipeptide Deviation from Expected Mean (DDE), to distinguish the linear B-cell epitopes from non-epitopes effectively. In this study, for the first time, only exact linear B-cell epitopes and non-epitopes have been utilized for developing the prediction method, unlike the use of epitope-containing regions in earlier reports. To evaluate the performance of the DDE feature vector, models have been developed with two widely used machine-learning techniques Support Vector Machine and AdaBoost-Random Forest. Five-fold cross-validation performance of the proposed method with error-free dataset and dataset from other studies achieved an overall accuracy between nearly 61% and 73%, with balance between sensitivity and specificity metrics. Performance of the DDE feature vector was better (with accuracy difference of about 2% to 12%), in comparison to other amino acid-derived features on different datasets. This study reflects the efficiency of the DDE feature vector in enhancing the linear B-cell epitope prediction performance, compared to other feature representations. The proposed method is made as a stand-alone tool available freely for researchers, particularly for those interested in vaccine design and novel molecular target development for systems therapeutics and diagnostics: https://github.com/brsaran/LBEEP.
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- Vijayakumar Saravanan
- Center for Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Center for Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ramya L, Gautham N, Chaloin L, Kajava AV. Restricted mobility of side chains on concave surfaces of solenoid proteins may impart heightened potential for intermolecular interactions. Proteins 2015; 83:1654-64. [PMID: 26138156 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Significant progress has been made in the determination of the protein structures with their number today passing over a hundred thousand structures. The next challenge is the understanding and prediction of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions. In this work we address this problem by analyzing curved solenoid proteins. Many of these proteins are considered as "hub molecules" for their high potential to interact with many different molecules and to be a scaffold for multisubunit protein machineries. Our analysis of these structures through molecular dynamics simulations reveals that the mobility of the side-chains on the concave surfaces of the solenoids is lower than on the convex ones. This result provides an explanation to the observed preferential binding of the ligands, including small and flexible ligands, to the concave surface of the curved solenoid proteins. The relationship between the landscapes and dynamic properties of the protein surfaces can be further generalized to the other types of protein structures and eventually used in the computer algorithms, allowing prediction of protein-ligand interactions by analysis of protein surfaces.
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- L Ramya
- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600 025, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600 025, India
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- Centre d'études d'agents Pathogènes et Biotechnologie pour la Santé, CNRS-FRE3689, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France.,Institut de Biologie Computationnelle, 95 Rue de la Galéra, 34095, Montpellier, France
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- University ITMO, Institute of Bioengineering, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russia.,Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, UMR5237 CNRS, Université Montpellier, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France.,Institut de Biologie Computationnelle, 95 Rue de la Galéra, 34095, Montpellier, France
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Purushothaman M, Varghese A, Mandal PK, Gautham N. Structure of d(CCCCGGTACCGGGG)2 at 1.65 Å resolution. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2014; 70:860-5. [PMID: 25005078 PMCID: PMC4089521 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x1401084x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The crystal structure of the tetradecanucleotide d(CCCCGGTACCGGGG)2 has previously been reported as an A-type double helix at a resolution of 2.5 Å in space group P41. Here, the structure of this sequence was determined at a significantly higher resolution of 1.65 Å in space group P4₁2₁2. The differences in crystal packing between the former and latter are described. The crystallographic asymmetric unit consists of one tetradecanucleotide duplex that spans more than one full turn of the A-helix. This structure allowed the unambiguous identification of solvent interactions.
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- Monica Purushothaman
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), 2 Rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac CEDEX, France
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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Aggarwal N, Mandal PK, Gautham N, Chadha A. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of carbonyl reductase from Candida parapsilosis ATCC 7330. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:313-5. [PMID: 23519811 PMCID: PMC3606581 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309113003667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The NAD(P)H-dependent carbonyl reductase from Candida parapsilosis ATCC 7330 catalyses the asymmetric reduction of ethyl 4-phenyl-2-oxobutanoate to ethyl (R)-4-phenyl-2-hydroxybutanoate, a precursor of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors such as Cilazapril and Benazepril. The carbonyl reductase was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by GST-affinity and size-exclusion chromatography. Crystals were obtained by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method and diffracted to 1.86 Å resolution. The asymmetric unit contained two molecules of carbonyl reductase, with a solvent content of 48%. The structure was solved by molecular replacement using cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a search model.
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- Nidhi Aggarwal
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
- National Center for Catalysis Research, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
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Mandal PK, Venkadesh S, Gautham N. Interactions of Mn2+ with a non-self-complementary Z-type DNA duplex. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1420-6. [PMID: 23192018 PMCID: PMC3509959 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112041759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Crystal structures of the hexanucleotide d(CACGCG)·d(CGCGTG) were determined in two crystal lattices when different concentrations of the counterion Mn2+ were used in crystallization. The availability of Mn2+ during the crystallization process appears to play an important role in inducing different crystal packings that lead to crystals belonging to the two space groups P2(1) and P6(5). Analysis of the molecular interactions of Mn2+ with the Z-form duplexes shows direct coordination to the purine residues G and A.
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- P. K. Mandal
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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Balasubramanian A, Balaji N, Gautham N, Ponnuraj K. Molecular dynamics simulation and molecular modelling studies on the insecticidal domain from jack bean urease. Molecular Simulation 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2012.729271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chakraborty A, Mandal PK, Gautham N. Structure of d(CCGGGACCGG)4 as a four-way junction at 1.6 Å resolution: new insights into solvent interactions. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1169-74. [PMID: 23027741 PMCID: PMC3497973 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112034926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The crystal structure of the decamer sequence d(CCGGGACCGG)(4) has previously been reported at 2.16 Å resolution as a four-way junction. Here, the structure of this sequence is reported at the significantly higher resolution of 1.6 Å, which is the highest resolution reported for a four-way junction. This allowed the unambiguous identification of an extensive hydration network with distinct patterns and solvent-mediated interactions that shed new light on the role of water in the formation and stabilization of junction structures.
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- Arka Chakraborty
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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The decanucleotide sequence d(CCGGTACCGG) crystallizes as a four-way junction at low cobalt ion concentrations (i.e., 1 mM). When the cobalt concentration in the crystallization solution is increased to 5 mM, the sequence crystallizes as resolved B-DNA duplexes. Gel retardation studies of the decamer show both a faint slow-moving band and a much thicker fast-moving band at low cobalt ion concentrations, and only the intense fast-moving band at higher ion concentration. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy of the decamer indicates a structural transition as the cobalt ion concentration in the solution is increased, probably from B-type to A-type DNA. These studies revealed that the oligomer sequence has several conformations and structures accessible to it, in a manner dependent on sequence, ion concentration, and DNA concentration. [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids for the following free supplemental resources(s): Supplementary Figures 1, 2, and 3.].
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- S Venkadesh
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India
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Mandal PK, Venkadesh S, Gautham N. Structure of the tetradecanucleotide d(CCCCGGTACCGGGG)2 as an A-DNA duplex. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:393-9. [PMID: 22505405 PMCID: PMC3325805 DOI: 10.1107/s174430911200869x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The crystal structure of the tetradecanucleotide sequence d(CCCCGGTACCGGGG)(2) has been determined at 2.5 Å resolution in the tetragonal space group P4(1). This sequence was designed with the expectation of a four-way junction. However, the sequence crystallized as an A-DNA duplex and represents more than one full turn of the A-helix. The crystallographic asymmetric unit consists of one tetradecanucleotide duplex. The structural parameters of the A-type DNA duplex structure and the crystal-packing arrangement are described. One Mn(2+) ion was identified with direct coordination to the N7 position of G(13) and a water molecule at the major-groove side of the C(2)·G(13) base pair.
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- Pradeep Kumar Mandal
- C. A. S. in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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- C. A. S. in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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- C. A. S. in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India
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Mandal PK, Venkadesh S, Gautham N. Structure of d(CGGGTACCCG)4 as a four-way Holliday junction. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011; 67:1506-1510. [PMID: 22139153 PMCID: PMC3232126 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309111046616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The crystal structure of the decamer sequence d(CGGGTACCCG)(4) as a four-way Holliday junction has been determined at 2.35 Å resolution. The sequence was designed in order to understand the principles that govern the relationship between sequence and branching structure. It crystallized as a four-way junction structure with an overall geometry similar to those of previously determined Holliday junction structures.
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- P. K. Mandal
- C. A. S. in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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- C. A. S. in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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- C. A. S. in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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Ramya L, Gautham N. Conformational space exploration of met- and Leu-enkephalin using the mols method, molecular dynamics, and Monte Carlo simulation-a comparative study. Biopolymers 2011; 97:165-76. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.21721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Revised: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Pai Y, Butchart C, Lunt CJ, Musonda P, Gautham N, Soiza RL, Potter JF, Myint PK. Age, co-morbidity and poor mobility: no evidence of predicting in-patient death and acute hospital length of stay in the oldest old. QJM 2011; 104:671-9. [PMID: 21406460 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The oldest old (aged over 90 years) are the fastest growing section of the UK population. Limited data exist regarding the effect of age, location, co-morbidity and physical performance status on outcome of acute illness in this age group. METHODS We performed a prospective study in people aged ≥ 90 years using hospital audit data in three hospitals in England and Scotland. We examined the characteristics of those admitted over three consecutive calendar months and calculated risk ratios of death and prolonged length of acute hospital stay (>7 days). RESULTS A total of 419 patients were included in this study (68% female, median age 93 years). There were similarities in presentation and diagnoses, but patients in Scotland (n = 164) were more likely to be admitted from sheltered housing or nursing homes than those in England (n = 255). Patients in England were significantly less likely to be able to mobilize < 10 m (41 vs. 34%, P < 0.001) but had lower prevalence of hypertension (40 vs. 55%, P = 0.02), ischaemic heart disease (30% vs. 45%, P = 0.02) and fewer prescribed medications (median 2 vs. 3, P < 0.001). Mortality was similar for the England and Scotland centres (P = 0.98). Previously recognized risk factors for death following hospital admission and length of stay e.g. older age, higher number of co-morbidities and poor mobility were not predictive in this study. CONCLUSION The 'oldest old' should not be considered as a homogenous group and findings from single-centre studies involving this age group may not be generalizable. We found no conclusive evidence that patient-related factors predict outcome in this age group in acute medical admission settings.
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- Y Pai
- Department of Elderly Medicine, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston PR2 9HT, Lancashire, England, UK
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Venkadesh S, Mandal PK, Gautham N. The sequence d(CGGCGGCCGC) self-assembles into a two dimensional rhombic DNA lattice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 407:548-551. [PMID: 21419105 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report here the crystal structure of the partially self-complementary decameric sequence d(CGGCGGCCGC), which self assembles to form a four-way junction with sticky ends. Each junction binds to four others through Watson-Crick base pairing at the sticky ends to form a rhombic structure. The rhombuses bind to each other and form two dimensional tiles. The tiles stack to form the crystal. The crystal diffracted in the space group P1 to a resolution of 2.5Å. The junction has the anti-parallel stacked-X conformation like other junction structures, though the formation of the rhombic net noticeably alters the details of the junction geometry.
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- S Venkadesh
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, India
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Venkadesh S, Mandal PK, Gautham N. The structure of a full turn of an A-DNA duplex d(CGCGGGTACCCGCG)₂. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 407:307-12. [PMID: 21397589 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We report the 2.6Å resolution crystal structure of the tetra-decamer d(CGCGGGTACCCGCG) in the tetragonal space group P4₃. This sequence contains the KpnI restriction site GGTACC in the centre which is flanked by alternating 'CG' sequences, and has a 'TA' step at the centre. These are features could favour the left-handed Z type helix. Despite this, overall the molecule has the A form. This is the first tetra-decamer crystallized in the A-DNA conformation, i.e. more than one full turn of the A helix. The crystallographic asymmetric unit consists of one tetra-decamer duplex. The helical twist and slide, as well as the base pair-base pair stacking interactions show alternations at the alternating pyrimidine-purine and purine-pyrimidine base steps. This variation is reminiscent of the dinucleotide repeat in left-handed Z-DNA helices. The crystal packing is unlike other A-DNA crystal structures, with each helix having a large number of contacts of many different types with symmetry-related neighbours.
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- S Venkadesh
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ramya L, Nehru Viji S, Arun Prasad P, Kanagasabai V, Gautham N. MOLS sampling and its applications in structural biophysics. Biophys Rev 2010; 2:169-179. [PMID: 28510038 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-010-0039-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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This review describes the MOLS method and its applications. This computational method has been developed in our laboratory primarily to explore the conformational space of small peptides and identify features of interest, particularly the minima, i.e., the low energy conformations. A systematic "brute-force" search through the vast conformational space for such features faces the insurmountable problem of combinatorial explosion, whilst other techniques, e.g., Monte Carlo searches, are somewhat limited in their region of exploration and may be considered inexhaustive. The MOLS method, on the other hand, uses a sampling technique commonly employed in experimental design theory to identify a small sample of the conformational space that nevertheless retains information about the entire space. The information is extracted using a technique that is a variant of the self-consistent mean field technique, which has been used to identify, for example, the optimal set of side-chain conformations in a protein. Applications of the MOLS method to understand peptide structure, predict the structures of loops in proteins, predict three-dimensional structures of small proteins, and arrive at the best conformation, orientation, and positions of a small molecule ligand in a protein receptor site have all yielded satisfactory results.
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- L Ramya
- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology and Crystallography, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India.
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The theoretical prediction of the association of a flexible ligand with a protein receptor requires efficient sampling of the conformational space of the ligand. Several docking methodologies are currently available. We have proposed a docking technique that performs well at low computational cost. The method uses mutually orthogonal Latin squares to efficiently sample the docking space. A variant of the mean field technique is used to analyze this sample to arrive at the optimum. The method has been previously applied to search through both the conformational space of a peptide as well its docking space. Here we extend this method to simultaneously identify both the low energy conformation as well as a high scoring docking mode for the small organic ligand molecules. Application of the method to 45 protein-ligand complexes, in which the number of rotatable torsions varies from 2 to 19, and comparisons with AutoDock 4.0, showed that the method works well.
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- S Nehru Viji
- CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai-600025, India
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- L. Ramya
- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India
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Venkadesh S, Mandal PK, Gautham N. The structure of d(CACACG).d(CGTGTG). Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2008; 65:8-13. [PMID: 19153446 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309108037706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Accepted: 11/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The crystal structure of d(CACACG).d(CGTGTG) was solved to a resolution of 2.05 A in space group P2(1). The duplex assumes the left-handed Z-DNA structure. The presence of two A.T base pairs in the hexamer does not greatly affect the conformation. The most significant changes compared with the regular structure of Z-DNA are in the values of twist in the central portion of the helix. This variation, as well as others in the values of roll, inclination etc., follow the pattern observed previously in the structure of d(CGCACG).d(CGTGCG).
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- S Venkadesh
- Centre for Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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Bharanidharan D, Thiyagarajan S, Gautham N. Hexammineruthenium(III) ion interactions with Z-DNA. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:1008-13. [PMID: 18084080 PMCID: PMC2344113 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107047781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2007] [Accepted: 09/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The hexamer duplex d(CGCGCA).d(TGCGCG) was crystallized with hexammineruthenium(III) ions in an orthorhombic space group; the crystals diffracted to 1.54 A resolution. Strong ion interactions with the adenine base induce a tautomeric shift from the amino to the imino form. Consequently, the A.T base pairing is disrupted. This structural study may be relevant to metal toxicity.
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- D. Bharanidharan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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The computational identification of all the low energy structures of a peptide given only its sequence is not an easy task even for small peptides,due to the multiple-minima problem and combinatorial explosion. We have developed an algorithm, called the MOLS technique,that addresses this problem, and have applied it to a number of different aspects of the study of peptide and protein structure. Conformational studies of oligopeptides, including loop sequences in proteins have been carried out using this technique. In general the calculations identified all the folds determined by previous studies,and in addition picked up other energetically favorable structures. The method was also used to map the energy surface of the peptides. In another application, we have combined the MOLS technique, using it to generate a library of low energy structures of an oligopeptide, with a genetic algorithm to predict protein structures. The method has also been applied to explore the conformational space of loops in protein structures.Further, it has been applied to the problem of docking a ligand in its receptor site, with encouraging results.
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- P Arun Prasad
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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Kanagasabai V, Arunachalam J, Prasad PA, Gautham N. Exploring the conformational space of protein loops using a mean field technique with MOLS sampling. Proteins 2007; 67:908-21. [PMID: 17357159 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have recently developed a computational technique that uses mutually orthogonal Latin square sampling to explore the conformational space of oligopeptides in an exhaustive manner. In this article, we report its use to analyze the conformational spaces of 120 protein loop sequences in proteins, culled from the PDB, having the length ranging from 5 to 10 residues. The force field used did not have any information regarding the sequences or structures that flanked the loop. The results of the analyses show that the native structure of the loop, as found in the PDB falls at one of the low energy points in the conformational landscape of the sequences. Thus, a large portion of the structural determinants of the loop may be considered intrinsic to the sequence, regardless of either adjacent sequences or structures, or the interactions that the atoms of the loop make with other residues in the protein or in neighboring proteins.
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- V Kanagasabai
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, India
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Aravindhan V, Narayanan S, Gautham N, Prasad V, Kannan P, Jacobs WR, Narayanan P. T-h-2 immunity and CD3+CD45RBlow-activated T cells in mice immunized with recombinant bacillus CalmetteâGuérin expressing HIV-1 principal neutralizing determinant epitope. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 47:45-55. [PMID: 16706787 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2006.00061.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The genetic engineering of Mycobacterium bovis-bacillus Calmette-Guérin to express foreign epitopes is an attractive strategy in the field of epitope vaccines. We constructed an 'epitope-trap vector' with Mycobacterium tuberculosis chaperonin-10 as a carrier antigen and used it to express the HIV-1 principal neutralizing determinant epitope. We also identified a new chaperonin-10 promoter that was hyperexpressive compared with the heat shock protein-65 promoter. Splenocytes from recombinant bacillus Calmette-Guérin-immunized mice showed enhanced lymphocyte proliferation and interleukin-4 (but not interferon-gamma) secretion. The recombinant bacillus Calmette-Guérin-immunized group also exhibited mild delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction and a high frequency of CD3+CD45RBlow-activated T cells, together with high titer of antiprincipal neutralizing determinant immunoglobulin G antibodies. Thus, this epitope delivery system induced strong epitope-specific T-h-2 polarization.
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Thiyagarajan S, Rajan SS, Gautham N. Effect of DNA structural flexibility on promoter strength--molecular dynamics studies of E. coli promoter sequences. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 341:557-66. [PMID: 16427605 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.12.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2005] [Accepted: 12/30/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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To study possible correlations between promoter activity and the structural flexibility of the DNA helix, we have carried out unrestrained molecular dynamics simulations of the -10 consensus region sequence and five variants forming the -10 region of various Escherichia coli promoter sequences. Analyses of the trajectories obtained from the simulations show that the consensus sequence has a pattern of two structurally flexible nucleotide steps sandwiched between two stiff steps. In the other sequences, this pattern varies in consonance with the change in the sequence. The variations in the patterns show correlation with the promoter strength.
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- S Thiyagarajan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India
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Arunachalam J, Kanagasabai V, Gautham N. Protein structure prediction using mutually orthogonal Latin squares and a genetic algorithm. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 342:424-33. [PMID: 16487483 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2006] [Accepted: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We combine a new, extremely fast technique to generate a library of low energy structures of an oligopeptide (by using mutually orthogonal Latin squares to sample its conformational space) with a genetic algorithm to predict protein structures. The protein sequence is divided into oligopeptides, and a structure library is generated for each. These libraries are used in a newly defined mutation operator that, together with variation, crossover, and diversity operators, is used in a modified genetic algorithm to make the prediction. Application to five small proteins has yielded near native structures.
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- J Arunachalam
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600025, India
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Bharanidharan D, Gautham N. Principal component analysis of DNA oligonucleotide structural data. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 340:1229-37. [PMID: 16414352 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.12.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2005] [Accepted: 12/17/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The microstructure of a DNA helix is characterized by several base pair and base step parameters such as twist, rise, roll, propeller twist, etc., in addition to conformational parameters such as the backbone and the glycosidic torsion angles. Among these only a few, which are independent of all others and of each other, may be used to precisely characterize the helix. The problem however is to identify these independent parameters. We have used principal component analysis to identify a relatively small set of independent parameters, with which to characterize each DNA helix. We show that these principal components clearly discriminate between A and B DNA helical types. The calculations further suggest that the microstructure of a DNA helix is better characterized using dinucleotides.
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- D Bharanidharan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, India
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Bharanidharan D, Gautham N. Amino acid variation in cellular processes in 108 bacterial proteomes. Arch Microbiol 2005; 184:168-74. [PMID: 16205912 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0034-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2005] [Revised: 08/23/2005] [Accepted: 08/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have analysed 108 bacterial proteomes in the KEGG database to explore the variation of amino acid composition with respect to protein function. The ratio between the observed amino acid composition and that predicted based on mononucleotide composition was calculated for each functional category. This indicated whether the compositional variation arose from mutation or selection pressure. The results showed that charged amino acids (Lys, Arg and Glu), were found more frequently than expected in proteins involved in genetic information processing (i.e. transcription, translation, etc.) Similarly, in the proteins involved in processing environmental information (e.g. signal transduction), the hydrophobic amino acid Leu was found in excess of values expected from the base composition in the genes.
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- Devarajan Bharanidharan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, 600025 Chennai, India
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Thiyagarajan S, Gautham N. Sequence-dependent structural effects in left-handed DNA. CRYSTALLOGR REV 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/08893110500381264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Thiyagarajan S, Rajan SS, Gautham N. Structure of d(TGCGCG).d(CGCGCA) in two crystal forms: effect of sequence and crystal packing in Z-DNA. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2005; 61:1125-31. [PMID: 16041078 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444905016781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Accepted: 05/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The sequence d(TGCGCG).d(CGCGCA) crystallized in two crystal forms, orthorhombic and hexagonal, in the presence of cobalt hexammine chloride, a known inducer of the left-handed Z-form of DNA. The crystal structures have been solved and refined at 1.71 A resolution in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) and 2.0 A resolution in space group P6(5). The orthorhombic structure contains one Z-DNA hexamer duplex, while the hexagonal structure contains two hexamer duplexes in the structure. Of the latter, one is situated on a crystallographic sixfold screw axis, leading to disorder. This paper reports the effects of sequence and crystal packing on the structure of Z-type DNA. The structures lend additional support to the authors' earlier conclusion that a stretch of four C.G base pairs is sufficient to nucleate and define the regular model of the left-handed helix based on the structure of d(CGCGCG)2.
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- S Thiyagarajan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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Sadasivan C, Karthe P, Gautham N. Space-group degeneracy in the packing of a non-selfcomplementary Z-DNA hexamer. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2005; 50:192-6. [PMID: 15299458 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444993011035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The X-ray diffraction pattern of the crystals of the non-selfcomplementary hexadeoxyribonucleotide d(CGCACG).d(CGTGCG) can be indexed in four different space groups: (i) P6(5) and P2(1), with cell parameters a = 17.75 (1), b = 17.76 (1), c = 42.77 (3) A, alpha = 90, beta = 90, gamma = 120 degrees, and (ii) P2(1)2(1)2(1) and C2, with cell parameters a = 17.75 (1), b = 30.74 (2), c = 42.77 (3) A, alpha = 90, beta = 90, gamma = 90 degrees. While the R(merge) for the equivalent reflections in the different space groups indicates that P2(1) is the correct choice in the present case, it is demonstrated that the near degeneracy of the space groups arises out of the fact that the DNA molecule is nearly cylindrical. A perfect cylinder would show perfect degeneracy.
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- C Sadasivan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, India
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Prasad PA, Vengadesan K, Gautham N. MOLS--a program to explore the potential energy surface of a peptide and locate its low energy conformations. In Silico Biol 2005; 5:401-5. [PMID: 16268784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We describe a computer program that uses mutually orthogonal Latin squares (MOLS) to perform an efficient and exhaustive conformational search of the multi-dimensional potential energy hypersurface of an oligopeptide, and locate all its low energy conformations. The software package has been developed with a user-friendly graphical interface using the Fast Light Tool Kit (FLTK)--a cross platform C++ toolkit.
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- Pandurangan Arun Prasad
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai - 600 025, India
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Thiyagarajan S, Rajan SS, Gautham N. Cobalt hexammine induced tautomeric shift in Z-DNA: the structure of d(CGCGCA)*d(TGCGCG) in two crystal forms. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:5945-53. [PMID: 15534365 PMCID: PMC528804 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2004] [Revised: 10/14/2004] [Accepted: 10/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We report here the crystal structure of the DNA hexamer duplex d(CGCGCA)*d(TGCGCG) at 1.71 A resolution. The crystals, in orthorhombic space group, were grown in the presence of cobalt hexammine, a known inducer of the left-handed Z form of DNA. The interaction of this ion with the DNA helix results in a change of the adenine base from the common amino tautomeric form to the imino tautomer. Consequently the A:T base pair is disrupted from the normal Watson-Crick base pairing to a 'wobble' like base pairing. This change is accommodated easily within the helix, and the helical parameters are those expected for Z-DNA. When the cobalt hexammine concentration is decreased slightly in the crystallization conditions, the duplex crystallizes in a different, hexagonal space group, with two hexamer duplexes in the asymmetric unit. One of these is situated on a crystallographic 6-fold screw axis, leading to disorder. The tautomeric shift is not observed in this space group. We show that the change in inter-helix interactions that lead to the two different space groups probably arise from the small decrease in ion concentration, and consequently disordered positions for the ion.
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- S Thiyagarajan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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Conformational studies of two linear enkephalin molecules, Met-enkephalin and Leu-enkephalin, have been carried using the mutually orthogonal Latin squares (MOLS) technique with the ECEPP/3 force field. This technique was developed recently in our laboratory to perform an unbiased search of the conformational space of peptides and to locate low energy conformations. The present study identified all the folds predicted by other studies, and in addition picked up other energetically favorable structures. The results suggest that the peptide backbone exists as a mixture of folded and unfolded forms (approximately 50% each). The study also provides information on the distribution of the low energy conformations that we have classified on the basis of structural motifs, backbone hydrogen-bonding patterns, and root mean square deviations in atomic positions.
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- K Vengadesan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, India
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Vengadesan K, Gautham N. Energy Landscape of Met-Enkephalin and Leu-Enkephalin Drawn Using Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares Sampling. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp049581v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- K. Vengadesan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, India
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- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, India
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Vengadesan K, Anbupalam T, Gautham N. An application of experimental design using mutually orthogonal Latin squares in conformational studies of peptides. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 316:731-7. [PMID: 15033460 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We address the question-can we use experimental design methods to investigate peptide conformation and identify conformational parameters that may contribute more significantly to the potential energy than others? We used mutually orthogonal Latin square design to sample the conformational space of peptides and analysed the samples using analysis of variance. We examined the equality of the effect of the torsion angles on the conformational potential energy. The results showed that different torsion angles contributed differently to the conformational energy. We are able to identify those parameters that may have to be more carefully considered in conformational studies of peptides.
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- K Vengadesan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025, India
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Bharanidharan D, Bhargavi GR, Uthanumallian K, Gautham N. Correlations between nucleotide frequencies and amino acid composition in 115 bacterial species. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 315:1097-103. [PMID: 14985126 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.01.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We studied the correlations between amino acid composition and mononucleotide and dinucleotide frequencies in 115 bacterial genomes of varying G+C content. Observed amino acid frequencies were compared with those expected from the actual mononucleotide and dinucleotide frequencies. Both mononucleotide and dinucleotide frequencies correlate well with the amino acid frequency, with dinucleotide frequencies doing so better. Despite the strong correlations, some of the observed amino acid frequencies, in particular for Arg, Val, Asp, Glu, Ser, and Cys, were consistently different from predicted values in all genomes. We suggest that this variation from predicted values is a consequence of selection pressure at the level of amino acids, while the close correspondence to the predictions in residues such as Thr, Phe, Lys, and Asn arises only from mutation and selection pressure at the level of the nucleic acid sequences.
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- D Bharanidharan
- Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
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