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Computational analysis of amino acids and their sidechain analogs in crowded solutions of RNA nucleobases with implications for the mRNA-protein complementarity hypothesis.

ABSTRACT: Many critical processes in the cell involve direct binding between RNAs and proteins, making it imperative to fully understand the physicochemical principles behind such interactions at the atomistic level. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations and 15 ?s of sampling to study the behavior of amino acids and amino acid sidechain analogs in high-concentration aqueous solutions of standard RNA nucleobases. Structural and energetic analysis of simulated systems allows us to derive interaction propensity scales for different amino acid/nucleobase combinations. The derived scales closely match and greatly extend the available experimental data, providing a comprehensive foundation for studying RNA-protein interactions in different contexts. By using these scales, we demonstrate a statistically significant connection between nucleobase composition of human mRNA coding sequences and nucleobase interaction propensities of their cognate protein sequences. For example, pyrimidine density profiles of mRNAs match uracil-propensity profiles of their cognate proteins with a median Pearson correlation coefficient of R = -0.70. Our results provide support for the recently proposed hypotheses that mRNAs and their cognate proteins may be physicochemically complementary to each other and bind, especially if unstructured, with the complementarity level being negatively influenced by mRNA adenine content. Finally, we utilize the derived scales to refine the complementarity hypothesis and closely examine its physicochemical underpinnings.

SUBMITTER: Hajnic M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4245939 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Computational analysis of amino acids and their sidechain analogs in crowded solutions of RNA nucleobases with implications for the mRNA-protein complementarity hypothesis.

Hajnic Matea M Osorio Juan Iregui JI Zagrovic Bojan B

Nucleic acids research 20141031 21

Many critical processes in the cell involve direct binding between RNAs and proteins, making it imperative to fully understand the physicochemical principles behind such interactions at the atomistic level. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations and 15 μs of sampling to study the behavior of amino acids and amino acid sidechain analogs in high-concentration aqueous solutions of standard RNA nucleobases. Structural and energetic analysis of simulated systems allows us to derive interaction p ...[more]

PMID: 25361976

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Project description:Geometric (HOMA) and magnetic (NICS) indices of aromaticity were estimated for aromatic rings of amino acids and nucleobases. Cartesian coordinates were taken directly either from PDB files deposited in public databases at the finest resolution available (? 1.5 Å), or from structures resulting from full gradient geometry optimization in a hybrid QM/MM approach. Significant environmental effects imposing alterations of HOMA values were noted for all aromatic rings analysed. Furthermore, even extra fine resolution (? 1.0 Å) is not sufficient for direct estimation of HOMA values based on Cartesian coordinates provided by PDB files. The values of mean bond errors seem to be much higher than the 0.05 Å often reported for PDB files. The use of quantum chemistry geometry optimization is strongly advised; even a simple QM/MM model comprising only the aromatic substructure within the QM region and the rest of biomolecule treated classically within the MM framework proved to be a promising means of describing aromaticity inside native environments. According to the results presented, three consequences of the interaction with the environment can be observed that induce changes in structural and magnetic indices of aromaticity. First, broad ranges of HOMA or NICS values are usually obtained for different conformations of nearest neighborhood. Next, these values and their means can differ significantly from those characterising isolated monomers. The most significant increase in aromaticities is expected for the six-membered rings of guanine, thymine and cytosine. The same trend was also noticed for all amino acids inside proteins but this effect was much smaller, reaching the highest value for the five-membered ring of tryptophan. Explicit water solutions impose similar changes on HOMA and NICS distributions. Thus, environment effects of protein, DNA and even explicit water molecules are non-negligible sources of aromaticity changes appearing in the rings of nucleobases and aromatic amino acids residues.

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Computational analysis of amino acids and their sidechain analogs in crowded solutions of RNA nucleobases with implications for the mRNA-protein complementarity hypothesis.

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Computational analysis of amino acids and their sidechain analogs in crowded solutions of RNA nucleobases with implications for the mRNA-protein complementarity hypothesis.

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