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Self-assembly and evolution of homomeric protein complexes.

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We introduce a simple "patchy particle" model to study the thermodynamics and dynamics of self-assembly of homomeric protein complexes. Our calculations allow us to rationalize recent results for dihedral complexes. Namely, why evolution of such complexes naturally takes the system into a region of interaction space where (i) the evolutionarily newer interactions are weaker, (ii) subcomplexes involving the stronger interactions are observed to be thermodynamically stable on destabilization of the protein-protein interactions, and (iii) the self-assembly dynamics are hierarchical with these same subcomplexes acting as kinetic intermediates.
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10.1103/physrevlett.102.118106

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Physical & Theoretical Chem
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American Physical Society
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Volume:
102
Issue:
11
Article number:
118106
Publication date:
2009-03-01
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1079-7114
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0031-9007


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