A Network of Conformational Transitions Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Binary Complex of Escherichia coli 6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin Pyrophosphokinase with MgATP

Biochemistry ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (49) ◽  
pp. 6931-6939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaifu Gao ◽  
Ya Jia ◽  
Minghui Yang
2016 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 216-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia M. Aguilera-Segura ◽  
Vanessa Núñez Vélez ◽  
Luke Achenie ◽  
Oscar Álvarez Solano ◽  
Rodrigo Torres ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Gapsys ◽  
Bert L. de Groot

AbstractA recent molecular dynamics investigation into the stability of hemoglobin concluded that the unliganded protein is only stable in the T state when a solvent box is used in the simulations that is ten times larger than what is usually employed. Here, we express three main concerns about that study. In addition, we show that with an order of magnitude more statistics, the reported box size dependence is not reproducible. Overall, no significant effects on the kinetics or thermodynamics of conformational transitions were observed.


eLife ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Gapsys ◽  
Bert L de Groot

A recent molecular dynamics investigation into the stability of hemoglobin concluded that the unliganded protein is only stable in the T state when a solvent box is used in the simulations that is ten times larger than what is usually employed (El Hage et al., 2018). Here, we express three main concerns about that study. In addition, we find that with an order of magnitude more statistics, the reported box size dependence is not reproducible. Overall, no significant effects on the kinetics or thermodynamics of conformational transitions were observed.


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