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MolecularReplacement

AndreyLebedevCCP4

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MRProblem

Knowncrystalstructure Newcrystalstructure

Given: • Crystal structure of a homologue • New X-ray data

Find: • The new crystal structure

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MRTechnique

Method: • 6×N - dimensional global optimisation – one 6-d search for each molecule in the AU >> split further to orientation + translation searches = 3 + 3 >> fast search step using FFT

Required: • Scoring

– the match between the data and an (incomplete) crystal model – ideally: the highest score = correct solution

Searchmodel

Knowncrystalstructure Newcrystalstructure

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RealandReciprocalspaces

•  TermsmayreferrealspacebutactualcalculaKonsmaybeperformedinthereciprocalspace:– "Searchintheelectrondensity"– "PaOersonsearch"

•  TheconceptsformulatedinrealspacearemoreintuiKve

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Func8onsinRealandReciprocalspaces

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StructurefactorsandElectrondensitymap

F = A+ iB

Structurefactors F(h,k,l)–AdiscretecomplexfuncKoninthereciprocalspaceAtgivenh,k,l–Complexnumber:–Canbeexpressedviastructureamplitudeandphase

F = F exp(iφ)

Electrondensitymap–periodic3-dfuncKoninrealspace

isdirectlyinterpretable–modelbuilding–real-spacefiXngoffragments

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Intensi8esandPa>ersonmap

Intensi8es I(h,k,l)–3-ddiscreterealfuncKoninthereciprocalspace

Pa>ersonmap:–3-dfuncKoninreal(*)space

–Nofeaturesresemblingaproteinmolecule–Modelbuilding,residuebyresidue,isimpossible

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DataandMR

MR: Two distinct cases dependent on availability of phases • Data = structure factors (include phases) –  "Search in the electron density"

o  Electron density maps are compared: calculated vs. observed o Model building is a more straightforward approach

» Useful in special cases • Data = observed intensities (no phases) –  "Patterson search"

o  Patterson maps are compared: calculated vs. observed o Direct model building is impossible in the absence of phases

» The most common case of MR As a rule, all computations are in the reciprocal space

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Selfandcrossvectors

Electrondensitymap

PaOersonmap

Onemolecule Twomolecules

r1r2

r1–r1r2–r2r1–r2r2–r1

Electrondensitymap=peaksfromallatomsPaOersonmap=peaksfromallinteratomicvectors•self-vectors:vectorsbetweenatomsbelongingtothesamemolecule•cross-vectors:vectorsbetweenatomsbelongingtodifferentmolecules

self-vectors

cross-vectorsContribuKonfromself-vectors–iscentredattheorigin–dominatesinavicinityoftheoriginNovember16,2018 IFSC/CCP4MXSchool,SãoCarlos 9

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Pa>ersonsearch

PaOersonmap:

•  ContribuKonfromself-vectorsiscentredattheorigin

•  Self-vectorsare,inaverage,shorterthancross-vectors– Peaksfromself-vectorsdominatesinavicinityoftheorigin– Peaksfromcross-vectordominatesawayfromtheorigin

• One6-dimensionalsearchsplitsinto– RotaKonFuncKon:3-dimensionalsearch(usingself-vectors)–  TranslaKonFuncKon:3-dimensionalsearch(usingcross-vectors)

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Rota8onFunc8on

containsonly

•  self-vectorscontains

•  self-vectors(signalfromoneoftheorientaKonsinthecrystal)

•  cross-vectors(noise)

RF(α,β,γ ) = Pobs (r)×Pselfcalc (α,β,γ,r)dr∫∫∫

3

Pobs (r)

Pselfcalc (α,β,γ,r)

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Rota8onFunc8on

Crystal Model

×

α,β,γ

Pselfcalc (α,β,γ,r)Pobs (r)

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RF(α,β,γ ) =r∫∫∫

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Transla8onFunc8on

contains•  self-vectors(background)•  cross-vectors

contains

•  self-vectors(backgroundornoise)•  cross-vectors(relevantvectors:signal,others:noise)

TF(t) = Pobs (r)×Pcrosscalc (t,r)dr∫∫∫

3

Pobs (r)

Pcrosscalc (t,r)

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Transla8onFunc8on

•  TranslaKontdoesnotchange

thestructure

–  canbecompensatedwithshidof

crystallographicorigin

•  TFstepisnotneeded

t

tt

t

P1

t 1

43

2

P222

•  Thecentreofmolecule1:–  parametert

•  Centresofmolecules2,3and4–  fromsymmetryoperaKon

•  MRprogrammatchesPcalc(t)toPobsto

findthebestmatchingt

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Fixedpar8almodel

AlmostthesameequaKonasforasinglemoleculesearch,

•  AgainFFTtechniquecanbeused

•  NoexcepKonforthespacegroupP1anymore!–  translaKonofthesecondcopyrelaKvetothefirstonecannotbecompensatedbyashidofcrystallographicorigin

TF(t) = Ihobs × Fh

fixed +Fhcalc (t)

2

h∑

Fixedmodel

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Packingconsidera8ons

MoleculesinthecrystaldonotoverlapHowcanweusethisinformaKon?

» PaOersonmapdoesnotexplicitlyrevealmolecularpacking

RejectMRsoluKons

•  Restrictdistancebetweencentresofmolecules

•  CountcloseinteratomiccontactsModifyTF

• DivideTFbyOverlapFuncKon• MulKplyTFbyPackingfuncKon

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κρ

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SpecialisedMRtechniques

•  Searchinthedensity(phasedMR)• HandlingTranslaKonalNon-Crystallographicsymmetry– Non-originpeaksinthePaOersonmapindicatethepresenceofTNCS– Requiresspecialhandlingofmodelerrors(Phaser)– MoleculesrelatedbyTNCScanbefoundinonegoastheyhavenearlythesameorientaKon

•  SelfRotaKonFuncKon

•  LockedRFandTF– Usingpointsymmetryofoligomers

•  ExhausKvesearches

•  StochasKcsearches

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Molrep

AlexeyVagin

YSBLUniversityofYork

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Molrep

molrep-fdata.mtz-mmodel.pdb-mxfixed.pdb-starget.seq

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Log-file

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CCP4I2

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Defaultprotocol

•  modelcorrecKonbasedonsequenceandstructureinformaKon

•  definesthenumberofmoleculesperAU

•  anisotropiccorrecKonofthedata•  weighKngthedataaccordingtomodelcompletenessandsimilarity

•  checkforpseudotranslaKonanduseitifpresent•  30+peaksinCrossRFforuseinTF(accountsforclosepeaks)•  appliedpackingfuncKon•  makeuseofparKalstructure(fixedmodel)

molrep-fdata.mtz-mmodel.pdb-mxfixed.pdb-starget.seq

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Modelmodifica8oninMOLREP

•  PerformsmodelcorrecKon:–  IdenKfiessecondarystructureinthemodel

– Alignstargetandmodelsequences»  nodeleKonsorinserKonsinα-helixesorβ-strands

– Retainsalignedresidues

– Retains"aligned"atomsinalignedresidues

• AddsB-factortoresiduesexposedtosolvent

• UsessequenceidenKtytodown-weighthighresoluKondata

molrep-mmodel.pdb-starget.seq

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Molrepprotocolfortwocopiesofamodel

RF=∑hklw*IO*IC(αβγ)TF=∑hklw*IO*IC(xyz)Rescoring:CorrelaKonCoefficient*PF

X-raydata allsteps

RF TF*PF Rescoring Par<alstructureSearchmodel

TF*PF Rescoring Possiblesolu<on

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Molrepprotocolfortwocopiesofamodel

RF=∑hklw*IO*IC(αβγ)TF=∑hklw*IO*IC(xyz)Rescoring:CorrelaKonCoefficient*PF

X-raydata allsteps

RF TF*PF Rescoring Par<alstructureSearchmodel

TF*PF Rescoring Possiblesolu<on

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MolrepvsPhaser

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SinglesoluKonistakenforward >> MoresophisKcatedsearchstrategyTF/sig(TF) = TFZCC >> Log-likelihoodgain(LLG)LSrigidbodyrefinement >> LL-basedrigidbodyrefinementandmoreImprovedscoring-iscrucialforusingdistanthomologuessuccessfullyinMRmethod-allowscorrectplacementofsmallfragmentmodels(evensingleatom)

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Molrepprotocolfortwocopiesofamodel

RF=∑hklw*IO*IC(αβγ)TF=∑hklw*IO*IC(xyz)Rescoring:CorrelaKonCoefficient*PF

X-raydata allsteps

RF TF*PF Rescoring Par<alstructureSearchmodel

TF*PF Rescoring Possiblesolu<on

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Searchintheelectrondensitymap

Map coefficients Refmac

Partial structure

Molrep

Search model

Extended model

Searchinthemap•  Calculate2-1or1-1mapsaderrestrainedrefinementofparKalstructure

•  FlaOenthemapcorrespondingtotheknownsubstructure

•  Calculatestructureamplitudesfromthemodifiedmap

•  UsethesemodifiedamplitudesinRotaKonFuncKon

•  Andfinally–PhasedTF

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Molrep:SAPTF

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SphericallyAveragedPhasedTranslaKonFuncKon(FFTbasedalgorithm)

ρ Map(s,r)

ρ Model(r)

SAPTF(s) = ρ Map(s,r)∫ ρ Model(r) r2 dr

Map

Model

s

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Molrep:SearchinthemapwithSAPTF

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1.FindapproximateposiKon:SphericallyAveragedPhasedTranslaKonFuncKon

2.FindorientaKon:LocalPhasedRotaKonFuncKon–  LocalsearchoftheorientaKoninthedensity

3.VerifyandadjustposiKon:PhasedTranslaKonFuncKon

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Molrep:SearchinthemapwithSAPTF

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1.FindapproximateposiKon:SphericallyAveragedPhasedTranslaKonFuncKon

2.FindorientaKon:LocalRotaKonFuncKon–  StructureamplitudesfromthedensitywithintheSAPTFsphere

3.VerifyandadjustposiKon:PhasedTranslaKonFuncKon

•  LocalRFislesssensiKvethanPhasedRFtoinaccuracyofthemodelposiKon

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Example

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•  Asymmetricunit twocopies

•  ResoluKon 2.8Å

Phaneet.al(2011)Nature,474,50-53

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Ushercomplexstructuresolu8on

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3.FiXngintotheelectrondensity–  FimD-Plug–  FimD-NTD–  FimD-CTD-2

4.Manualbuilding–  FimD-CTD-1

1.ConvenKonalMR–  FimC-N+FimC-C–  FimH-L+FimH-P–  FimD-Pore

2.Jellybodyrefinement(Refmac)–  FimD-Pore

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PerformanceoffiOngmethods

TryingseveralmethodsisagoodpracKce(alsobecauseofcross-validaKon)

searchmodel

sequenceidenKty

"Masked"RFPTF

prfn

SAPTFPRFPTFprfy

SAPTFLocalRFPTFprfs

FimD-Plug 3fip_A 38.5% 2(2) –(–) 1(2)

FimD-NTD 1ze3_D 100% 2(2) 1(2) 2(2)

FimD-CTD-2 3l48_A 33.3% –(–) 2(2) –(–)

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FiOngintoEMmaps

SPP1portalprotein

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Self Rotation FunctionMOLREP

Rad : 33.00 Resmax : 2.90RF(theta,phi,chi)_max : 0.2814E+05 rms : 1093.

Chi = 180.0

X

Y

RFmax = 0.2813E+05

Chi = 90.0

X

Y

RFmax = 2176.

Chi = 120.0

X

Y

RFmax = 7563.

Chi = 60.0

X

Y

RFmax = 3202.

X

Y

SelfRota8onFunc8on(SRF)

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PreliminaryanalysisofX-raydata•  Oligomericstateoftheproteinincrystal

•  SelecKonofoligomericsearchmodel

Limiteduse•  NoclearinterpretaKonorevenarKfactpeaksinhighsymmetrypointgroups(e.g.622)

•  differentoligomerswiththesamesymmetry

ExampleofSRF

•  SpacegroupP21•  One222-tetramerintheAU

Chi=180°

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LockedRota8onFunc8on

• UsesSRFtoderiveNCSoperaKons• AveragesRFoverNCSoperaKons•  InfavorablecasesImprovessignaltonoiseraKoinRF

AutomaKcmode:ThereisanopKonofselecKngspecificSRFpeaksAvailablefromCCP4I

molrep-fs100.mtz-mmonomer.pdb-ss100.seq–i<<+locky+

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One-dimensionalexhaus8vesearch(exo8ccase)

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SRFhelpsrestrictdimensionalityinanexhausKvesearch• OrientaKonofthetrimerisknownfromtheanalysisofSRF

• Unknownparameter:rotaKonabout3-foldaxis

• One-parametricexhausKvesearchusingTFasscorefuncKon

at χ values of 180o, 120o (Fig. 2.2c) and 90o, which correspond to the 432 symmetry. This

means that the NCS axes are in special orientations with respect to the crystallographic two-fold

axis (two of the four NCS triads are orthogonal to the crystallographic axis). These data may

suggest that the asymmetric unit of the crystal contains either four dodecamers with 23 point-

group symmetry (the high apparent symmetry of SRF in this case is the consequence of special

orientations of the NCS axes) or four 24-mers with 432 symmetry. However, in the second case

one of the six diagonal dyads of a 24-mer would be parallel to a crystallographic two-fold screw

axis and such an arrangement would generate strong peaks in the native Patterson synthesis

at v = 0.5, which were not observed. Moreover, four 24-mers would result in an impossible

specific volume and solvent content and therefore this possibility was excluded.

χSRF = 120o χSRF = 180o

χ

xx

yy

a a

b b

c c

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d) (e)

χ (o)

CC

0 40 80 1200.02

0.06

0.10

Figure 2.2. Structure solution of anti-TRAP from B. licheniformis. (a) Ribbon diagram of the dodecamer

of anti-TRAP from B. subtilis. (b) Native Patterson synthesis, in which three strong non-equivalent non-

origin peaks are present. (c) 120o and 180o sections of the SRF, indicating the orientations of two-fold

and threefold NCS axes. The trimeric search model (centre) was oriented so that its threefold molecular

axis was aligned with the NCS threefold axis (red lines). TF searches were performed for a series of

orientations related to that shown by a rotation around the molecular threefold axis by the variable angle

χ. (d) The highest CC in the TF search is plotted as a function of χ. (e) The MR solution with four

dodecamers in the asymmetric unit, which are related by the translational NCS. This figure was prepared

using BOBSCRIPT,MOLREP, CCP4mg (Potterton et al., 2004) and R.

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MRsubstructuresolu8on(exo8ccase)

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•  SelectisomorphousderivaKve– bycomparingnaKveSRFandSRFfromD-iso

• Hg-substructureisa13-atomring(fromnaKveSRFanalysis)– OrientaKonoftheringisknownfromtheanalysisofSRF– Unknownparameters:radiusofthering,rotaKonabout13-foldaxis

•  Two-parametricexhausKvesearch

A series of search models was generated. Each model contained 13 Hg atoms located around

a circle with a step of 27.7o (Fig. 2.7b). An additional carbon atom was placed on the axis of

the circle but outside of its plane for the MR program to be not confused with an ill-conditioned

inertia matrix, which would occur for a flat model. The radius of the circle varied in the series of

the search models from 10 to 90 A with a step of 1 A. Every model was submitted to a rotation

Fobs Diso Diso(native) (Hg-1 – native) (Hg-2 – native)

χ=180o

x

y

x

y

x

y

χ=27

.7o

x

y

x

y

x

y

(a)

R

(b) R0 30 60 90

RF

0

20

40

60Hg-1Hg-2

(c)

Figure 2.7. The Hg-substructure solution of the portal-protein derivative crystals. (a) The SRF computed

for the native data (left) and for the isomorphous differences between the native data and the derivative

data Hg-1 (middle) and Hg-2 (right). (b) The search model for exhaustive search composed of 13 mercury

atoms located on the circle of variable radius R. (c) The plots of the maximal value of the CRF against

R computed for the isomorphous differences between the native data and the derivative data Hg-1 (thick

line) and Hg-2 (thin line).

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A series of search models was generated. Each model contained 13 Hg atoms located around

a circle with a step of 27.7o (Fig. 2.7b). An additional carbon atom was placed on the axis of

the circle but outside of its plane for the MR program to be not confused with an ill-conditioned

inertia matrix, which would occur for a flat model. The radius of the circle varied in the series of

the search models from 10 to 90 A with a step of 1 A. Every model was submitted to a rotation

Fobs Diso Diso(native) (Hg-1 – native) (Hg-2 – native)

χ=180o

x

y

x

y

x

y

χ=27

.7o

x

y

x

y

x

y

(a)

R

(b) R0 30 60 90

RF

0

20

40

60Hg-1Hg-2

(c)

Figure 2.7. The Hg-substructure solution of the portal-protein derivative crystals. (a) The SRF computed

for the native data (left) and for the isomorphous differences between the native data and the derivative

data Hg-1 (middle) and Hg-2 (right). (b) The search model for exhaustive search composed of 13 mercury

atoms located on the circle of variable radius R. (c) The plots of the maximal value of the CRF against

R computed for the isomorphous differences between the native data and the derivative data Hg-1 (thick

line) and Hg-2 (thin line).

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