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  • Title: The essential dynamics of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase: suggestion of intersubunit communication.
    Author: Chillemi G, Falconi M, Amadei A, Zimatore G, Desideri A, Di Nola A.
    Journal: Biophys J; 1997 Aug; 73(2):1007-18. PubMed ID: 9251818.
    Abstract:
    A 300-ps molecular dynamics simulation of the whole Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase dimer has been carried out in water, and the trajectory has been analyzed by the essential dynamics method. The results indicate that the motion is defined by few preferred directions identified by the first four to six eigenvectors and that the motion of the two monomers at each instant is not symmetrical. The vectors symmetrical to the eigenvectors are significantly sampled, suggesting that, on average, the motions of the two subunits will exchange. Large intra- and intersubunit motions involving different subdomains of the protein are observed. A mechanical coupling between the two subunits is also suggested, because displacements of the loops surrounding the active site in one monomer are correlated with the motion of parts of the second toward the intersubunit interface.
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