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Article Dans Une Revue Proteins - Structure, Function and Bioinformatics Année : 2009

Shelling the Voronoi interface of protein-protein complexes reveals patterns of residue conservation, dynamics and composition

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The accurate description and analysis of protein-protein interfaces remains a challenging task. Traditional definitions, based on atomic contacts or changes in solvent accessibility, tend to over- or underpredict the interface itself and cannot discriminate active from less relevant parts. We here extend a fast, parameter-free and purely geometric definition of protein interfaces and introduce the shelling order of Voronoi facets as a novel measure for an atom's depth inside the interface. Our analysis of 54 protein-protein complexes reveals a strong correlation between Voronoi Shelling Order (VSO) and water dynamics. High Voronoi Shelling Order coincides with residues that were found shielded from bulk water fluctuations in a recent molecular dynamics study. Yet, VSO predicts such "dry" residues without consideration of forcefields or dynamics at dramatically reduced cost. More central interface positions are often also increasingly enriched for hydrophobic residues. Yet, this hydrophobic centering is not universal and does not mirror the far stronger geometric bias of water fluxes. The seemingly complex water dynamics at protein interfaces appears thus largely controlled by geometry. Sequence analysis supports the functional relevance of both dry residues and residues with high VSO, both of which tend to be more conserved. Upon closer inspection, the spatial distribution of conservation argues against the arbitrary dissection into core or rim and thus refines previous results. Voronoi Shelling Order reveals clear geometric patterns in protein interface composition, function and dynamics and facilitates the comparative analysis of protein-protein interactions.
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hal-00796032 , version 1 (01-03-2013)

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Benjamin Bouvier, Raik Grünberg, Michael Nilges, Frédéric Cazals. Shelling the Voronoi interface of protein-protein complexes reveals patterns of residue conservation, dynamics and composition. Proteins - Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 2009, 76 (3), pp.677-692. ⟨10.1002/prot.22381⟩. ⟨hal-00796032⟩
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