Persistent Sheaf Laplacian Analysis of Protein Flexibility
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| author | Hayes, Nicole Wei, Xiaoqi Feng, Hongsong Merkurjev, Ekaterina Wei, Guo-Wei |
| author_facet | Hayes, Nicole Wei, Xiaoqi Feng, Hongsong Merkurjev, Ekaterina Wei, Guo-Wei |
| contents | Protein flexibility, measured by the B-factor or Debye-Waller factor, is essential for protein functions such as structural support, enzyme activity, cellular communication, and molecular transport. Theoretical analysis and prediction of protein flexibility are crucial for protein design, engineering, and drug discovery. In this work, we introduce the persistent sheaf Laplacian (PSL), an effective tool in topological data analysis, to model and analyze protein flexibility. By representing the local topology and geometry of protein atoms through the multiscale harmonic and non-harmonic spectra of PSLs, the proposed model effectively captures protein flexibility and provides accurate, robust predictions of protein B-factors. Our PSL model demonstrates an increase in accuracy of 32% compared to the classical Gaussian network model (GNM) in predicting B-factors for a dataset of 364 proteins. Additionally, we construct a blind machine learning prediction method utilizing global and local protein features. Extensive computations and comparisons validate the effectiveness of the proposed PSL model for B-factor predictions. |
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| spellingShingle | Persistent Sheaf Laplacian Analysis of Protein Flexibility Hayes, Nicole Wei, Xiaoqi Feng, Hongsong Merkurjev, Ekaterina Wei, Guo-Wei Biomolecules Quantitative Methods Protein flexibility, measured by the B-factor or Debye-Waller factor, is essential for protein functions such as structural support, enzyme activity, cellular communication, and molecular transport. Theoretical analysis and prediction of protein flexibility are crucial for protein design, engineering, and drug discovery. In this work, we introduce the persistent sheaf Laplacian (PSL), an effective tool in topological data analysis, to model and analyze protein flexibility. By representing the local topology and geometry of protein atoms through the multiscale harmonic and non-harmonic spectra of PSLs, the proposed model effectively captures protein flexibility and provides accurate, robust predictions of protein B-factors. Our PSL model demonstrates an increase in accuracy of 32% compared to the classical Gaussian network model (GNM) in predicting B-factors for a dataset of 364 proteins. Additionally, we construct a blind machine learning prediction method utilizing global and local protein features. Extensive computations and comparisons validate the effectiveness of the proposed PSL model for B-factor predictions. |
| title | Persistent Sheaf Laplacian Analysis of Protein Flexibility |
| topic | Biomolecules Quantitative Methods |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08772 |