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Protein Tertiary Structure
Comparison
Dong Xu
Computer Science Department271C Life Sciences Center
1201 East Rollins RoadUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211-2060E-mail: [email protected]
573-882-7064 (O)http://digbio.missouri.edu
Lecture Outline
Why structural alignment
Technical definition
SSAP
DALI
Fast search
Protein families
Structure Is Better Conserved during
Evolution
Structure can adopt a wide range of mutations.
Physical forces favorcertain structures.
Concept of fold.
Number of fold is limited. Currently ~1000 Total: 1,000s ~10,000s TIM barrel
Alignment of Protein Structure
Three-dimensional structure of one protein compared against three-dimensional structure of second protein
Atoms (protein backbones) fit together as closely as possible to minimize the average deviation
Why Align Structures? (1)
Additional measure of protein similarity Structure generally preserved better than
sequence over the course of evolution Provide more information on the
relationship between proteins than what sequence alignment can offer
Allows classification of proteins based on structural similarities
Why Align Structures? (2)
Basis for protein fold identification (prediction)
Sometimes sequence similarity between two proteins exists, but is not strong enough to produce an unambiguous alignment (gold standard for sequence comparison).
Pinpoint the active sites more accurately. Allows identification of common sub-
structures of interest
Why Align Structures? (3)
Illustrate features of protein family:
Evolution of the globin family
Illustrate interesting evolutionary/functional relationship between proteins:
Two ferredoxins, 1DOI and
1AWD, are aligned structurally,
showing an insertion in 1DOI
that contains potassium-ion
binding sites. This may be the
result of adaptations to the high
salt environment of the Dead Sea.
Why Align Structures? (4)
Lecture Outline
Why structural alignment
Technical definition
SSAP
DALI
Fast search
Protein families
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Simple case – two closely related proteins with the same number of amino acids.
Structure alignment
Find a transformationto achieve the best superposition
Transformations
o Translation
o Translation and Rotation -- Rigid Motion (Euclidian space)
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Types ofStructure
Comparison
o Sequence-dependent vs. sequence-independent structural alignment
o Global vs. local structural alignment
o Pairwise vs. multiple structural alignment
Given two sets of 3-D points :P={pi}, Q={qi} , i=1,…,n;
rmsd(P,Q) = √ i|pi - qi |2 /n(root mean square deviation)
Find a 3-D rigid transformation T* such that:
rmsd( T*(P), Q ) = minT √ i|T(pi) - qi |2 /n
Sequence-dependent Structure Comparison
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Sequence-dependent Structure Comparison
(2)
Sequence-dependent Structure Comparison
(3)
o Can be solved in O(n) time.
o Useful in comparing structures of the same protein solved in different methods, under different conformation, through dynamics.
o Evaluation protein structure prediction.
Correspondence is Unknown!
find T which produces “largest” superimpositions of corresponding 3-D points.
Given two configurations of points in the three dimensional space,
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Sequence-independent Structure Comparison
Order-Dependent vs. Order-Independent
Comparison
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Alignment (order dependent): a correspondence between elements of two sequences with order (topology) kept (typical structural alignment)
bipartite matching (order-independent): one-to-one matching
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1. Number of amino acid correspondences created.
2. RMSD of corresponding amino acids
3. Percent identity in aligned residues
4. Number of gaps introduced
5. Size of the two proteins
6. Conservation of known active site environments …
No universally agreed upon criteria. It depends on what you are using the alignment for.
Evaluating Structural Alignments
1ABR:B - ABRIN-A1BAS:_ - BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR (BFGF) Seq. identity = 10% RMSD = 1.9Å
Structural AlignmentOutput
Lecture Outline
Why structural alignment
Technical definition
SSAP
DALI
Fast search
Protein families
How to recognize structural
similarities
1. By eye (SCOP)
2. Algorithmicallyo point-based methods use properties of points
(distances) to establish correspondence Dynamic programming (SSAP) Distance matrix (DALI)
o secondary structure-based methods use vectors representing secondary structures to establish correspondences (LOCK).
o Image processing based method.
Structural Comparison Algorithms
Due to the high compute complexity, practical algorithms rely on heuristics
Fully automated structure analysis has not been as successful as analyses with human intervention in taking in to account the biological implications
SSAP
SSAP: Secondary Structure Alignment Program
Incorporates double dynamic programming to produce a structural alignment between two proteins
The similarity between residue i in molecule A and residue k in molecule B is characterised in terms of their structural surroundings
This similarity can be quantified into a score, Sik
Based on this similarity score and some specified gap penalty, dynamic programming is used to find the optimal structural alignment
Basic Ideas of SSAP
Distance between residue i & j in molecule A ; dAi,j
Similarity for two pairs of residues, i j in A & k l in B ;
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Scoring Function of SSAP (1)
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Similarity between residue i in A and residue k in B ;
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Si,k is big if the distances from residue i in A to the 2n nearest neighbours are similar to the corresponding distances around k in B
Scoring Function of SSAP (2)
This works well for small structures and local structural alignments - however, insertions and deletions cause problems unrelated distances
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The actual SSAP algorithm uses Dynamic programming on two levels, first to find which distances to compare Sik, then to align the structures using these scores
Alignment Gaps in SSAP
Steps in SSAP (1)
1) Calculate vectors from C of one
amino acid to set of nearby amino acidsVectors from two separate proteins compared
Difference (expressed as an angle) calculated, and converted to score
2) Matrix for scores of vector differences from one protein to the next is computed.
3) Optimal alignment found using global dynamic programming, with a constant gap penalty
4) Next amino acid residue considered, optimal path to align this amino acid to the second sequence computed
Steps in SSAP (2)
5) Alignments transferred to summary matrixIf paths cross same matrix position, scores
are summed
If part of alignment path found in both matrices, evidence of similarity
Steps in SSAP (3)
6) Dynamic programming alignment is performed for the summary matrixFinal alignment represents optimal alignment
between the protein structures
Resulting score converted so it can be compared to see how closely related two structures are
Steps in SSAP (4)
Summary of SSAP
Lecture Outline
Why structural alignment
Technical definition
SSAP
DALI
Fast search
Protein families
Distance Matrix Approach
Uses graphical procedure similar to dot plots
Identifies residues that lie most closely together in three-dimensional structure
Two sequences with similar structure can have dot plots superimposed
Distance Matrix
Similar 3D structures have similar inter-residue distances
DALI
Distance Alignment Tool (DALI)
Uses distance matrix method to align protein structures
Assembly step uses Monte Carlo simulation to find submatrices that can be aligned
DALI Summary
DALI is based on distance matrices – 2D matrices containing all pairwise distances between points of a molecule
Distance matrices of two molecules are compared to find regions of similar patterns of distances, which indicate similarities in their 3D structure
Key algorithm steps:1. Divide distance matrices into overlapping sub-matrices of fixed size
2. Search through two matrices (of two molecules) to find similar patterns
3. Assemble matching pairs of sub-matrices in to larger sets to maximize their similarity score
Structural Analysis Algorithms – DALI (1)
Structural Analysis Algorithms – DALI (2)
Assembly of aligned sub-matrices is done using a Monte Carlo optimization
Monte Carlo optimization is an iterative improvement by a random walk exploration of the search space, with occasional excursions in to non-optimal territory (i.e. occasionally, a move that reduces the overall score is carried out)
The occasional non-optimal moves help avoid getting “trapped” in local optima of the score function, improving the chance of finding the global optimum
DALI Steps (1)
DALI Steps (2)
DALI Steps (3)
Lecture Outline
Why structural alignment
Technical definition
SSAP
DALI
Fast search
Protein families
Fast Structural Similarity
Search
Compare types and arrangements of secondary structures within two proteins
If elements similarly arranged, three-dimensional structures are similar
LOCK, VAST and SARF are programs that use these fast methods
Align Structures by Secondary Structures
Structural Analysis Algorithms – LOCK
Both SSAP and DALI deal only with points (atoms) of the molecules
LOCK uses a hierarchical approach Larger secondary structures such as helixes and
strands are represented using vectors and dealt with first
Individual residues are dealt with afterwards
Assumes large secondary structures provide most stability and function to a protein, and are most likely to be preserved during evolution
LOCK Algorithm
Key algorithm steps:1. Represent secondary structures as vectors
2. Obtain initial superposition by computing local alignment of the secondary structure vectors (using dynamic programming)
3. Compute residue superposition by performing a greedy search to try to minimize root mean square deviation (a RMS distance measure) between pairs of nearest backbone atoms from the two proteins
4. Identify “core” (well aligned) atoms and try to improve their superposition (possibly at the cost of degrading superposition of non-core atoms)
Steps 2, 3, and 4 require iteration at each step
ProteinDBS
Shyu, Chi, Scott, Xu. Nucleic Acid Research. 32, W572 - CW575, 2004
Comparison between different methods
CATH Fully automated SSAP
SCOP Based on subjective interpretation of evolutionary history of
proteins
FSSP DALI
Agreement between CATH and SCOP may be at most 60%. FSSP vs CATH 40% FSSP vs SCOP 60%
Lecture Outline
Why structural alignment
Technical definition
SSAP
DALI
Fast search
Protein families
Structure Families (1)
Homologous family: evolutionarily related with a significant sequence identity;
Superfamily: different families whose structural and functional features suggest common evolutionary origin;
Fold: different superfamilies having same major secondary structures in same arrangement and with same topological connections (energetics favoring certain packing arrangements);
Class: secondary structure composition.
6 Classes of Protein Structures
(1)
1) Class : bundles of helices connected by loops on surface of proteins
2) Class : antiparallel sheets, usually two sheets in close contact forming sandwich
3) Class /: mainly parallel sheets with intervening helices; may also have mixed sheets (metabolic enzymes)
4) Class + : mainly segregated helices and anti-parallel sheets
5) Multi-domain ( and ) proteins more than one of the above four domains
6) Membrane and cell-surface proteins and peptides excluding proteins of the immune system
6 Classes of Protein Structures
(2)
Structure of class proteins
Structure ofclass proteins
Structure of class proteins
Structure of class proteins
20 most frequent common domains
(folds)
] 1TEN:_ 3-89 [2] 1RNL:_ 5-114 [3] 1A91:_ 6-77 [4] 1LDE:C 179-317 [5] 1SMG:_ 13-86
] 1TIG:_ 6-81 [7] 1PDO:_ 2-97 [8] 1OFG:A 29-160 [9] 1AV6:A 47-185 [10] 1AUZ:_ 11-106
1] 2PIA:_ 100-228 [12] 1VPT:_ 59-180 [13] 1IL7:_ 19-129 [14] 1BGD:_ 12-154 [15] 1OXP:_ 104-265
Reading Assignments
Suggested reading: Contemporary approaches to protein structure classification.
Mark B. Swindells, et al. BioEssay. Volume 20, Issue 11, 1998, Pages: 884-891
Optional reading: The structural alignment between two proteins: Is there a
unique answer? Adam Godzik, Protein Science (1996), 5 1325-1338
Protein Structure Similarities. Patrice Koehl, Current Opinions in Structural Biology (2001), 11 348-353
Develop a program that can perform protein structural alignment using SSAP:
1. The C coordinates of two proteins (A and B) of will be sent to the mailing list
2. Calculate the similarity matrix between residue i in A and residue k in B (let n = 4, a = b = 1):
3. Perform dynamic programming on Si,k, and retrieve the alignment to print out.
Project Assignment
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Project Phase III Report
Due on 11/17, send me through email Write on top of Phase II report. 7-30 Pages As a draft of the final report Free style in writing (use 11pt font or larger) Present key results
Software implementation Benchmark (computing time) Computational data Interpret the meaning of the data