DiffModeler: Large Macromolecular Structure Modeling in Low-Resolution Cryo-EM Maps Using Diffusion Model

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has now been widely used for determining multi-chain protein complexes. However, modeling a complex structure is challenging particularly when the map resolution is low, typically in the intermediate resolution range of 5 to 10 Å. Within this resolution range, even accurate structure fitting is difficult, let alone de novo modeling. To address this challenge, here we present DiffModeler, a fully automated method for modeling protein complex structures. DiffModeler employs a diffusion model for backbone tracing and integrates AlphaFold2-predicted single-chain structures for structure fitting. Extensive testing on cryo-EM maps at intermediate resolutions demonstrates the exceptional accuracy of DiffModeler in structure modeling, achieving an average TM-Score of 0.92, surpassing existing methodologies significantly. Notably, DiffModeler successfully modeled a protein complex composed of 47 chains and 13,462 residues, achieving a high TM-Score of 0.94. Further benchmarking at low resolutions (10-20 Å) confirms its versatility, demonstrating plausible performances. Moreover, when coupled with CryoREAD, DiffModeler excels in constructing protein-DNA/RNA complex structures for near-atomic resolution maps (0-5 Å), showcasing state-of-the-art performance with average TM-Scores of 0.88 and 0.91 across two datasets..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 28. Feb. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Han [VerfasserIn]
Terashi, Genki [VerfasserIn]
Taluja, Manav [VerfasserIn]
Kihara, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2024.01.20.576370

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

XBI042258510