The objectives of this project are to develop and evaluate novel molecular modeling and computational approachesto extract accurate structural information from site-directed spin-labeling (SDSL) studies. The combinationof SDSL and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR) has made remarkable advances inthe past 15 years (for reviews see (Hubbell and Altenbach, 1994; Hustedt and Beth, 1999; Hubbell et al., 2000;Mchaourab and Perozo, 2000; Columbus and Hubbell, 2002; Klug and Feix, 2005) and it is now widely employedto study the structures and structural transitions of proteins and large macromolecular assemblies,many of which have been refractory to structural characterization by techniques such as X-ray crystallographyand NMR. Even in those cases where atomic resolution structures can be obtained, SDSL is being increasinglyemployed in complementary studies to elucidate the dynamics of structural transitions that determine biologicalfunction (e.g. (Dong et al., 2005). In addition, SDSL has been employed to study the assembly of macromolecularcomplexes composed of elements whose individual structures have been determined by NMR or X-raycrystallographic methods (e.g. (Park et al., 2006)).We propose to combine the full power of modern molecular dynamics and computational approaches in theLybrand laboratory with advanced EPR methods in the Hustedt laboratory to develop tools that will dramaticallyimprove the quality of the structural models that are obtained from SDSL data. Molecular dynamics (MD)and Monte Carlo (MC) modeling strategies will be developed to treat the structure and dynamics of themethanethiosulfonate spin label (MTSSL). These strategies will be used to predict both the continuous waveEPR (CW-EPR) lineshapes of singly labeled proteins and the distance distributions measured by both CWEPRand double electron-electron resonance (DEER) experiments on doubly labeled proteins. These newcomputational algorithms will be tested on the well-studied protein T4 lysozyme (T4L) and then used to investigatethe effect of a proline to arginine mutation on the structure and dynamics of the cytoplasmic domain of theerythrocyte anion exchange protein, band 3 (CDB3) in an ongoing collaboration with Project 2 of this grantproposal.. The overall goal of the following Specific Aims is to enable the maximum structural and dynamic informationto be derived from a given set of EPR data.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
1P01GM080513-01A1
Application #
7449167
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-BCMB-P (40))
Project Start
2008-05-01
Project End
2013-04-30
Budget Start
2008-05-01
Budget End
2009-04-30
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$604,542
Indirect Cost
Name
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
004413456
City
Nashville
State
TN
Country
United States
Zip Code
37212
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