Importance of Homology Modeling for Predicting the Structures of GPCRs

Sailapathi, Ananthasri; Gunalan, Seshan; Somarathinam, Kanagasabai; Kothandan, Gugan; Kumar, Diwakar

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“…Homology modeling investigations are employed to solve multiple challenges related to protein crystallization, thus providing a pathway to gaining higher structural insights into proteins through in-silico approaches [ 122 ]. The results presented here are recommended as the first homology structural predictions for the HanPP2C protein family, which includes HanPP2C47, HanPP2C48, HanPP2C53, HanPP2C54, HanPP2C59, and HanPP2C73.…”

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Genome-wide identification and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) gene family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and their expression profiles in response to multiple abiotic stresses

Akter,

Islam,

Rahman

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Plant protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) plays vital roles in responding to various stresses, stimulating growth factors, phytohormones, and metabolic activities in many important plant species. However, the PP2C gene family has not been investigated in the economically valuable plant species sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). This study used comprehensive bioinformatics tools to identify and characterize the PP2C gene family members in the sunflower genome (H. annuus r1.2). Additionally, we analyzed the expression profiles of these genes using RNA-seq data under four different stress conditions in both leaf and root tissues. A total of 121 PP2C genes were identified in the sunflower genome distributed unevenly across the 17 chromosomes, all containing the Type-2C phosphatase domain. HanPP2C genes are divided into 15 subgroups (A-L) based on phylogenetic tree analysis. Analyses of conserved domains, gene structures, and motifs revealed higher structural and functional similarities within various subgroups. Gene duplication and collinearity analysis showed that among the 53 HanPP2C gene pairs, 48 demonstrated segmental duplications under strong purifying selection pressure, with only five gene pairs showing tandem duplications. The abundant segmental duplication was observed compared to tandem duplication, which was the major factor underlying the dispersion of the PP2C gene family in sunflowers. Most HanPP2C proteins were localized in the nucleus, cytoplasm, and chloroplast. Among the 121 HanPP2C genes, we identified 71 miRNAs targeting 86 HanPP2C genes involved in plant developmental processes and response to abiotic stresses. By analyzing cis-elements, we identified 63 cis-regulatory elements in the promoter regions of HanPP2C genes associated with light responsiveness, tissue-specificity, phytohormone, and stress responses. Based on RNA-seq data from two sunflower tissues (leaf and root), 47 HanPP2C genes exhibited varying expression levels in leaf tissue, while 49 HanPP2C genes showed differential expression patterns in root tissue across all stress conditions. Transcriptome profiling revealed that nine HanPP2C genes (HanPP2C12, HanPP2C36, HanPP2C38, HanPP2C47, HanPP2C48, HanPP2C53, HanPP2C54, HanPP2C59, and HanPP2C73) exhibited higher expression in leaf tissue, and five HanPP2C genes (HanPP2C13, HanPP2C47, HanPP2C48, HanPP2C54, and HanPP2C95) showed enhanced expression in root tissue in response to the four stress treatments, compared to the control conditions. These results suggest that these HanPP2C genes may be potential candidates for conferring tolerance to multiple stresses and further detailed characterization to elucidate their functions. From these candidates, 3D structures were predicted for six HanPP2C proteins (HanPP2C47, HanPP2C48, HanPP2C53, HanPP2C54, HanPP2C59, and HanPP2C73), which provided satisfactory models. Our findings provide valuable insights into the PP2C gene family in the sunflower genome, which could play a crucial role in responding to various stresses. This information can be exploited in sunflower breeding programs to develop improved cultivars with increased abiotic stress tolerance.

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Genome-wide identification and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) gene family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and their expression profiles in response to multiple abiotic stresses

Akter,

Islam,

Rahman

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…As a result of homology modeling studies, various problems associated with crystallizing proteins that play essential roles in major disease pathways are often overcome and open the door to in-silico models providing more structural insight when experimental structures are lacking. 21,22 Different studies have reported 3D-modeled structures of different proteins. [23][24][25][26] Nevertheless, to our knowledge, no study has previously studied the 3D-modeled structures of all the HIV structural and accessory proteins.…”

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In-silico Structural Modeling of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins

Elalouf

2023

Biomed Eng Comput Biol

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infectious virus that depletes the CD4+ T lymphocytes of the immune system and causes a chronic life-treating disease—acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The HIV genome encodes different structural and accessory proteins involved in viral entry and life cycle. Determining the 3D structure of HIV proteins is essential for new target position finding, structure-based drug designing, and future planning for computational and laboratory experimentations. Hence, the study aims to predict the 3D structures of all the HIV structural and accessory proteins using computational homology modeling to understand better the structural basis of HIV proteins interacting with host cells and viral replication. The sequences of HIV capsid, matrix, nucleocapsid, p6, reverse transcriptase, invertase, protease, gp120, gp41, virus protein r, viral infectivity factor, virus protein unique, RNA splicing regulator, transactivator protein, negative regulating factor, and virus protein x proteins were retrieved from UniProt. The primary and secondary structures of HIV proteins were predicted by Expasy ProtParam and SOPMA web servers. For the homology modeling, the MODELLER predicted the 3D structures of HIV proteins using templates. Then, the modeled structures were validated by the Ramachandran plot, local and global quality estimation scores, QMEAN scores, and Z-scores. Most of the amino acid residues of HIV proteins were present in the most favored and generously allowed regions in the Ramachandran plots. The local and global quality scores and Z-scores of the HIV proteins confirmed the good quality of modeled structures. The 3D modeled structures of HIV proteins might help further investigate the possible treatment.

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Importance of Homology Modeling for Predicting the Structures of GPCRs

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Genome-wide identification and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) gene family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and their expression profiles in response to multiple abiotic stresses

Genome-wide identification and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) gene family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and their expression profiles in response to multiple abiotic stresses

In-silico Structural Modeling of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins

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