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To test the applicability of two energy-minimized, three-dimensional structures of the bovine casein submicelle, theoretical small-angle X-ray scattering curves in the presence and absence of water were compared to experimental data. The published method simulates molecular dynamics of proteins in solution by employing adjustable Debye-Waller temperature factors (B factors) for the protein, for the solvent, and for protein-bound water. The programs were first tested upon bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor beginning with its known X-ray crystal structure. To approximate the degree of protein hydration previously determined by NMR relaxation experiments (0.01 g water/g protein), 120 water molecules were docked into the large void of theκ-casein portion of the structure for both the symmetric and asymmetric casein submicelle models. To approximate hydrodynamic hydration (0.244 g water/g protein), 2703 water molecules were added to each of the above structures using the “droplet” algorithm in the Sybyl molecular modeling package. All structures were then energy-minimized and their solvation energies calculated. Theoretical small-angle X-ray scattering curves were calculated for all unhydrated and hydrated structures and compared with experimentally determined scattering profiles for submicellar casein. Best results were achieved with the 120-bound-water structure for both the symmetric and asymmetric submicelle models. Comparison of results for the protein submicelle models with those for the theoretical and literature values of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor demonstrates the applicability of the methodology.
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Kumosinski, T.F., King, G. & Farrell, H.M. Comparison of the three-dimensional molecular models of bovine submicellar caseins with small-angle X-ray scattering. Influence of protein hydration. J Protein Chem 13, 701–714 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01886953
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