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The worm turns:The helix-coil transition on the worm-like chain
Alex J. LevineUCLA, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UCLA Department of Biomathematics February 2006
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Collaborator: Buddapriya Chakrabarti
1. Alex J. Levine “The helix/coil transition on the worm-like chain” Submitted to Physical Letters PRL Submitted
2. Buddhapriya Chakrabarti and Alex J. Levine “The nonlinear elasticity of an alpha-helical polypeptide” PRE 2005
3. Buddhapriya Chakrabarti and Alex J. Levine “Monte Carlo investigation of the nonlinear elasticity of an alpha-helical polypeptide.” PRE Submitted
References and collaborators
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The space-filling picture showingall atoms.
• Carbon• Oxygen• Nitrogen
The cartoon picture showingthe secondary structures.
• The red is an -helix• The yellow is a - sheet• The gray is random coil
Carboxypeptidase: data from x-ray diffraction. I. Massova et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 12479 (1996).
Protein mechanics: The appropriate level of description?
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A first step toward protein mechanics
Proteins often change conformational states in a manner related to theirbiological activity.
Conformational change betweenapo and Calcium-loaded statesof Calmodulin N-terminal domains.
From: S. Meiyappan, R. Raghavan, R. Viswanathan, Y Yu, and W. Layton Preprint (2004).
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Towards a lower-dimensional dynamical model
Proposal: Take secondary structures as fundamental, nonlinear elastic elements
Coarse-grained mechanics informed by multi-scale numerical modeling
Q. How is this different from the simple worm-like chain?
A. This model has internal degrees of freedom representing secondarystructure.
Coarse-graining the helix
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The worm-like chain and semiflexible polymers
There is an energy cost associated with chain curvature – enhances thestatistical weight of straight conformations on the length scale /T
F-actin: Persistence length
MacKintosh, Käs, Jamney (1995)
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Bending modulus depends on secondary structure
The bending stiffness of the alpha helix is enhanced by hydrogen bonding betweenhelical turns.
A model treating secondary structure as a two-state variable – Helix/coil
A model for the conformational degrees of freedom of a semiflexible chain – Worm-like chain
Couple them through the bending modulus:Helix/coil on the worm-like chain
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The helix/coil worm-like chain: Pictorial
1, HelixState
1, CoilStateis
Equivalent descriptions
n-1 n n+1
Tangent vector:
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The Hamiltonian: HCWLC
1 1
1 10 0 0
ˆ ˆ(1 ) ( 1) ( ) 12 2
N N Nw
i i i i i ii i i
hH s s s s t t
Local thermodynamic driving force to native structure.
Energy cost of a domain wall between helical and random coil regions.
Helical regions are stifferthan random coil regions.
n-1 n n+1
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The Hamiltonian: Energy scales
Local thermodynamic driving force to native structure.
Energy cost of a domain wall between helical and random coil regions.
From experimentand simulation:
H.S. Chan and K.A. Dill J. Chem. Phys. 101, 7007 (1994)A.-S. Yang and B. Honig J. Mol. Biol. 252, 351 (1995).
From geometry and hydrogen bonding energies:
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Exploring the model: Exploring the role of twist
One polymer trajectory consistent with the boundary conditions.
1
010
( ) exp ({ },{ })n
N N
n i i nsn
Z d H s
Fixing the ends
The Partition Function
(Two dimensional version)
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Evaluating the partition function of the WLC
Exploiting the analogy between the partition function and the quantumpropagator of a particle on the unit circle
2
2exp cos2
mJ imJ
m
eJ e
J
2
11 ( )
2
0
( )2
nn n n
mN imn J
mn
dZ C e
We can writethe partition function:
2
2
are the angular momentum eigenstates.2
is the Hamiltonian where is the
angular momentum operator
im
L
J
em
H e L i
2 2
1( )2 2
1 1 1
nn n n
m Lim
J Jn n n n n ne m m e m m
2
20( ) 0
NL
JNZ C e
We can writethe partition function:
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For the HCWLC model:
1
0 1
10 0 1 1
,
( ) , 0 ,N
N
NS N N
s s
Z s s
T
whereT TTTT T
, 1N N
hS s e
1 1
1 1
1 cos 1 cos
, 1 1 cos 1 cos
i i w i i
w i i i ii i
h h
e e
e e e e
T
The partition function as propagator:
with transfer matrix:
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Exploring the model: Exploring the role of bending
In d = 2 using:
We can now diagonalize the transfer matrix in angular momentum space (conjugate ) and in s-space:
,
( )w
w
m mh hs s
m m
em
e e
T
m mI e Where
Is the exact wave function with angular momentum m
In the diagonal representation
11
2
0,
0where
T Q D•Q D So
1N N T Q • D •Q
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The eigenvalues and the partition function
Where:
m hm
m
z e
The fugacity of a coil segment at a given m
exp log 2 w Exponentiated Free Energy cost of a domain wall
m mI e Angular momentum (Worm-like chain) eigenstates
The Partition Function:
The Eigenvalues:
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Making sense of Z: The expansion
0 1 22Z Z Z Z
Looking at the chain in the high cooperativity limit
0
AllHelix WLC AllCoil WLC
1im N h Nm m
m
Z e e z
All helix to all coil transition
1 1
1w
Nim N h m
m mm m
zZ e e z e
z
Boltzmann weight associated with one domain wall
Cost of changing one end to coil[left side + right side]
1
0
Npm
p
z
Sum over lengths of the coil region.
One domain wall.
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Making sense of Z: Basic Phenomenology
Start with an -helix:
heterogeneous nucleation of random coil
homogeneous nucleation of random coil
Uponbending
Complete melting of secondary structure
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Bending the helix: Buckling
log Z
Torque required to hold a bend of :
(N = 15, > = 100, < = 1, h = 3.) Buckling instability!
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Buckling is related to coil nucleation
Fraction of the chain thecoil state
The buckling effect is associated with the appearance of coil regions.
exp log 2 w
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The mean length and force-extension curves
Applied force
To include applied forces:
Where (si) is the length of the ith segment.
Exact answers are difficult since one cannot simultaneously diagonalize momentumand position operators.
Helical segments areshorter
Numerical diagonalization and variational calculations e.g.J. F. Marko and E. Siggia Macromol. 28, 8759 (1995).
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Force extension curves: Low force expansions I
We can expand the partition function in powers of f:
Where averages are computed with respect to the zero force Hamiltonian:
We need to compute terms of the form:
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Force extension curves: Low force expansions II
Since:
The length of the chain up to order Fn can be computed by examining all n+1 steprandom walks in momentum space
k
+
+
j
+
+
1
1
Two step walks
One step walks k
Simplification:Average over
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Force extension curves: The mean length
Mean length at zero force, fixed angle
One step walks
+
k
m
( 1)N k m TΓ( )k mT
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Denaturation experiments and mean length
Mean length as function of
h:
N = 10, < = 10, > = 100< = 1> = 3w = 6
Changing h is related to changes in solvent quality – i.e. denaturation experiments usingurea.
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Force-extension relations: small force limit
Mean length vs. applied force for end-constrainedchains with:
> = 10, < = 1, N = 15.
F
F
> = 100, < = 1 N = 15.
Flexible Helix
Stiff Helix
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Force-extension curves: Mean-field analysis
We write the free energy as the sum of the free energies of the left hand chain, the right handchain and the junction.
Remaining angular integral
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Force extension curves: Mean field analysis II
Helix WLCPseudo-plateau
Denaturation
Coil WLC
> = 2, < = 1, w = 10, h = 1.
> = 100, < = 1, w = 8, h = 2.
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Monte Carlo Simulations I: Denaturation
For parameter values:
> = 100< = 1
w = 10.h = 8.0N=20.
The radius of gyration by Monte CarloTheory
2
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Monte Carlo Simulations II: Force extension curves
For parameter values:
> = 100< = 1
w = 10.h = 8.0N = 20.
< = 1.0, > = 3.0
Force extension curves by Monte Carlo
Mean Field Theory
No applied torque
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Monte Carlo Simulations III: Force extension curves with applied torque
For parameter values:
> = 100< = 1
w = 10.h = 8.0N = 20.
< = 1.0, > = 3.0
Force extension curves by Monte Carlo = 1.0 kB T
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Summary
We understand the nonlinear elasticity of the HCWLC under torques and forces
2. We have calculated the extension of the chain in response to small forces.
3. We have calculated the extensional compliance within a mean field approximationand have explored non-mean field behavior via Monte Carlo simulations of the model.
1. Under large enough applied torques the chain undergoes a buckling instability: Does this bistability of the model underlie protein conformational change?
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The big picture?