Protein Frustratometer 2: A tool to localize energetic frustration in protein molecules now with electrostatics

Abstract

The protein frustratometer is an energy landscape theory-inspired algorithm that aims at localizing and quantifying the energetic frustration present in protein molecules. Frustration is a useful concept for analyzing proteins’ biological behavior. It compares the energy distributions of the native state with respect to structural decoys. The network of minimally frustrated interactions encompasses the folding core of the molecule. Sites of high local frustration often correlate with functional regions such as binding sites and regions involved in allosteric transitions. We present here an upgraded version of a webserver that measures local frustration. The new implementation that allows the inclusion of electrostatic energy terms, important to the interactions with nucleic acids, is significantly faster than the previous version enabling the analysis of large macromolecular complexes within a user-friendly interface. The webserver is freely available at URL: http://frustratometer.qb.fcen.uba.ar.

Description
Advisor
Degree
Type
Journal article
Keywords
Citation

Gonzalo, P., Schafer, N., Radusky, L., et al.. "Protein Frustratometer 2: A tool to localize energetic frustration in protein molecules now with electrostatics." Nucleic Acids Research, 44, no. W1 (2016) Oxford University Press: W356-W360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw304.

Forms part of
Rights
Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
Link to license
Citable link to this page