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    Characterization of protein surface hydrophobicity using molecular dynamics simulations and deep learning

    Author
    Sinha, Imee
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    Cramer, Steven, M.; Garde, Shekhar; Przybycien, Todd; Cho, Kyunghyun;
    Date Issued
    2022-12
    Subject
    Chemical engineering
    Degree
    PhD;
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    This electronic version is a licensed copy owned by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY. Copyright of original work retained by author.;
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13015/6347
    Abstract
    In the past decade, there has been a significant growth in the market size for protein based therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, enzymes, bispecifics and Fc-fusion proteins. Protein based therapeutics provide many advantages over small molecule drugs, and are used to treat a wide range of diseases such as cancers, autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases. The design, manufacturing and purification of protein therapeutics require careful consideration of its physicochemical properties, such as immunogenicity, toxicity, and aggregation propensity. Many of these properties are closely connected with the hydrophobicity of these molecules. Hydrophobic domains on proteins and antibodies act as hotspots that seed aggregation and interactions. Hydrophobicity also governs complex phenomena such as protein folding and its stability. The understanding and evaluation of all of these processes requires a diligent method for the quantification of protein surface hydrophobicity. The hydrophobic nature of protein surface patches has been linked to their residue hydropathy values, however, research has shown that hydrophobicity of complex heterogeneous surfaces, is a function of their chemistry and topographical features and the response of water to these. Specifically, hydrophobicity of a heterogeneous surface is closely related to the density fluctuations of its interfacial waters and their response to perturbations. In this work, we have used a fast and computationally efficient enhanced sampling method called sparse sampling INDUS to identify hydrophobic domains for a set of proteins. True to our hypothesis, density fluctuations for hydrophobic patches identified by sparse sampling INDUS, bear large fat tails that represent their proximity to dewetting. These fat tails are indicative of patches that are placed near a dewetting transition due to the unique combination of the chemistry of constituent groups and their topography. Further, we compare and contrast our results to those obtained from traditional methods of hydrophobicity calculation and present an analysis for the similarities and differences observed. Our investigations shed light on the complex nature of hydrophobicity, its underpinnings to density fluctuations and the role of chemical and topographical context in modulating it.;
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    December 2022; School of Engineering
    Department
    Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering;
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    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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    Rensselaer Theses and Dissertations Online Collection;
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    Users may download and share copies with attribution in accordance with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 license. No commercial use or derivatives are permitted without the explicit approval of the author.;
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