1 CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURES Comparing Protein Structures: Why? • detect evolutionary relationships • identify recurring motifs • detect structure/function relationships • predict function assess predicted structures • classify structures -used for many purposes Structure is more conserved than sequence 28% sequence identity
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CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURES
Comparing Protein Structures: Why?
• detect evolutionary relationships • identify recurring motifs • detect structure/function relationships • predict function assess predicted structures • classify structures -used for many purposes
Structure is more conserved than sequence
28% sequence identity
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Chain/Domain Library
Hundreds of thousands of gene sequences are translated to proteins (SwissProt, PIR)
~35,000 solved structures (PDB) as of March, 2006
Goals:Predict structure from sequencePredict function based on sequencePredict function based on structure
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Angel R. Ortiz et al. Protein Sci 2002; 11: 2606-2621
Fig. 1. Examples of structural alignments obtained with MAMMOTH
(A) Alignment of 1pts_A with 1mup. The structural alignment score is 9.52;
(B) Structural alignment of 1pgb with 5tss_A. The score in this case is 6.29.
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• Recognizing Structural Similarity
• GOAL: Of all solved structures, find the structure or substructure most similar to a protein of interest
• By eye -tried and true! requires an expert viewerwith a GREAT memory!
• Automated detection -good for database searching
• How would you do this?
Features of automated structure comparison
1. What representation will you use for the protein?2. How will you assess structural similarity? 3. How will you search the possible comparisons? 4. How significant is a “hit”?
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»Example: Superposition to minimize RMSD• 1. Define measure of similarityRMSD = {Σ|x-xj|2)/N}1/2• 2. Determine correspondence between residues of each protein
(e.g. by sequence alignment, or a guess) • 3. Align centers of mass • 4. Use matrix methods to solve for the rotation that gives minimal
RMSD (variety of methods available) • 5. Evaluate the resulting number • 6. Refine the alignment • 7. iterate
»Very useful. Commonly used for comparing similar structures.»But… Not a good choice when proteins are only partially similar. Why?»Also, points far from center of mass are weighted more heavily.
Algorithms for detecting structure similarity
Dynamic Programming -works on 1D strings -reduce problem to this-can’t accommodate topological changes-example: Secondary Structure Alignment Program (SSAP)3D Comparison/Clustering -identify secondary structure elements or fragments-look for a similar arrangement of these between different structures-allows for different topology, large insertions-example: Vector Alignment Search Tool (VAST)
Distance Matrix -identify contact patterns of groups that are close together-compare these for different structures-fast, insensitive to insertions-example: Distance ALIgnment Tool (DALI)
Unit vector RMS -map structure to sphere of vectors -minimize the difference between spheres -fast, insensitive to outliers -example: Matching Molecular Models Obtained from Theory (MAMMOTH)
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Structural Classification of Proteins
• Structure vs. structure comparisons (e.g. using DALI) reveal related groups of proteins
• Structurally-similar proteins with detectable sequence homology are assumed to be evolutionarily related
• Similarities between non-homologous proteins suggest convergent evolution to a favorable or useful fold
• A number of different groups have proposed classification schemes – SCOP (by hand) – CATH (uses SSAP)–FSSP (uses Dali)
Classification of structures
SCOP: http://scop.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/scop/(domains, good annotation)
CATH: http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/cath/
CE: http://cl.sdsc.edu/ce.html
Dali Domain Dictionary: http://columba.ebi.ac.uk:8765/holm/ddd2.cgi
Classification of Protein Structure: SCOPSCOP is organized into 4 hierarchical layers:
(1) Classes:
3) Superfamily: Probable common evolutionary originProteins that have low sequence identities, but whose structural and functional features suggest that a common evolutionary origin is probableare placed together in superfamilies
4) Family: Clear evolutionarily relationshipProteins clustered together into families are clearly evolutionarily related. Generally, this means that pairwise residue identities between the proteins are 30% and greater
Classification of Protein Structure: SCOP
(2) Folds: Major structural similarityProteins are defined as having a common fold if they have the same major secondary structures in the same arrangement and with the same topological connections
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Classification of Protein Structure: SCOP
Classification of Protein Structure: CATH
http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/cath/
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Classification of Protein Structure: CATH
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Alpha Mixed AlphaBeta Beta
Sandwich
Tim BarrelOther Barrel
Super RollBarrel
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Classification of Protein Structure: CATH
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The DALI Domain Dictionary
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/dali/domain/
The DALI Domain Dictionary
• All-against-all comparison of PDB90 using DALI
• Define score of each pair as a Z-score• Regroup proteins based on pair-wise