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@article{Hemberg:2006:10.1529/biophysj.105.076737,
author = {Hemberg, M and Yaliraki, SN and Barahona, M},
doi = {10.1529/biophysj.105.076737},
journal = {BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL},
pages = {(3029--3042)--(3029--3042)},
title = {Stochastic kinetics of viral capsid assembly based on detailed protein structures},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.076737},
volume = {90},
year = {2006}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We present a generic computational framework for the simulation of viral capsid assembly which is quantitative and specific. Starting from PDB files containing atomic coordinates, the algorithm builds a coarse-grained description of protein oligomers based on graph rigidity. These reduced protein descriptions are used in an extended Gillespie algorithm to investigate the stochastic kinetics of the assembly process. The association rates are obtained from a diffusive Smoluchowski equation for rapid coagulation, modified to account for water shielding and protein structure. The dissociation rates are derived by interpreting the splitting of oligomers as a process of graph partitioning akin to the escape from a multidimensional well. This modular framework is quantitative yet computationally tractable, with a small number of physically motivated parameters. The methodology is illustrated using two different viruses which are shown to follow quantitatively different assembly pathways. We also show how in this model the quasi-stationary kinetics of assembly can be described as a Markovian cascading process, in which only a few intermediates and a small proportion of pathways are present. The observed pathways and intermediates can be related a posteriori to structural and energetic properties of the capsid oligomers.
AU - Hemberg,M
AU - Yaliraki,SN
AU - Barahona,M
DO - 10.1529/biophysj.105.076737
EP - 3042
PY - 2006///
SN - 0006-3495
SP - 3029
TI - Stochastic kinetics of viral capsid assembly based on detailed protein structures
T2 - BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.076737
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/10362
VL - 90
ER -