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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

PypKa server: online pKa predictions and biomolecular structure preparation with precomputed data from PDB and AlphaFold DB.

Pedro B P S Reis, Djork-Arné Clevert, Miguel Machuqueiro

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Pedro B P S ReisBioISI - Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3563-6239
Djork-Arné ClevertMachine Learning Research, Bayer AG, Müllerstraße 178, 13353 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4191-2156
Miguel MachuqueiroBioISI - Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6923-8744

Funding

Advanced Computing Project 2021.09635.CPCACESGAEuropean Union's Horizon 2020 101017567Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia SFRH/BD/136226/2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When preparing biomolecular structures for molecular dynamics simulations, pKa calculations are required to provide at least a representative protonation state at a given pH value. Neglecting this step and adopting the reference protonation states of the amino acid residues in water, often leads to wrong electrostatics and nonphysical simulations. Fortunately, several methods have been developed to prepare structures considering the protonation preference of residues in their specific environments (pKa values), and some are even available for online usage. In this work, we present the PypKa server, which allows users to run physics-based, as well as ML-accelerated methods suitable for larger systems, to obtain pKa values, isoelectric points, titration curves, and structures with representative pH-dependent protonation states compatible with commonly used force fields (AMBER, CHARMM, GROMOS). The user may upload a custom structure or submit an identifier code from PBD or UniProtKB. The results for over 200k structures taken from the Protein Data Bank and the AlphaFold DB have been precomputed, and their data can be retrieved without extra calculations. All this information can also be obtained from an application programming interface (API) facilitating its usage and integration into existing pipelines as well as other web services. The web server is available at pypka.org.

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Databases, ProteinInternetMolecular Dynamics SimulationSoftwareHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationProtein ConformationProteinsProtonsStatic ElectricityProteinsProtons

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PMID38619040
PMCPMC11223823

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