Rasheed, Faiza and Markgren, Joel and Hedenqvist, Mikael and Johansson, Eva
(2020).
Modeling to Understand Plant Protein Structure-Function Relationships-Implications for Seed Storage Proteins.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland). 25
, 1-17
[Article Review/Survey]
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Abstract
Proteins are among the most important molecules on Earth. Their structure and aggregation behavior are key to their functionality in living organisms and in protein-rich products. Innovations, such as increased computer size and power, together with novel simulation tools have improved our understanding of protein structure-function relationships. This review focuses on various proteins present in plants and modeling tools that can be applied to better understand protein structures and their relationship to functionality, with particular emphasis on plant storage proteins. Modeling of plant proteins is increasing, but less than 9% of deposits in the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank come from plant proteins. Although, similar tools are applied as in other proteins, modeling of plant proteins is lagging behind and innovative methods are rarely used. Molecular dynamics and molecular docking are commonly used to evaluate differences in forms or mutants, and the impact on functionality. Modeling tools have also been used to describe the photosynthetic machinery and its electron transfer reactions. Storage proteins, especially in large and intrinsically disordered prolamins and glutelins, have been significantly less well-described using modeling. These proteins aggregate during processing and form large polymers that correlate with functionality. The resulting structure-function relationships are important for processed storage proteins, so modeling and simulation studies, using up-to-date models, algorithms, and computer tools are essential for obtaining a better understanding of these relationships.
Authors/Creators: | Rasheed, Faiza and Markgren, Joel and Hedenqvist, Mikael and Johansson, Eva | ||||||
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Title: | Modeling to Understand Plant Protein Structure-Function Relationships-Implications for Seed Storage Proteins | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 25 | ||||||
Page range: | 1-17 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Article Review/Survey | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | ||||||
Keywords: | albumin, globulin, glutelin, monte carlo simulation, molecular dynamics simulation, prolamin | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-105218 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-105218 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 16907 | ||||||
Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Plant Breeding (from 130101) | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 07 May 2020 11:56 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:46 |
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