Olga Kononova
Pratteln, Basel-Landschaft, Schweiz
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My professional background merges mathematics, chemistry, and computer science with an…
Berufserfahrung
Ausbildung
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University of Massachusetts Lowell
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2016: The U.S. Bank - Kennedy College of Sciences - Dean’s Discretionary Endowment Fund award.
2016: The Tripathy Endowed Memorial Summer Graduate Fellowship.
2013: Outstanding Graduate student, Biochemistry Program, Department of Chemistry. -
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Federal grant from Russian Foundation for Basic Research for 2 years (01/01/14-12/31/15), "Exploring the mechanism of fibrin polymerization using molecular modeling", Role: PI.
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Veröffentlichungen
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Text-mined dataset of inorganic materials synthesis recipes
Nature Publishing Group
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Semi-supervised machine-learning classification of materials synthesis procedures
Nature Publishing Group
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Unsupervised word embeddings capture latent knowledge from materials science literature
Nature Publishing Group
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Regulatory element in fibrin triggers tension-activated transition from catch to slip bonds
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Fibrin formation and mechanical stability are essential in thrombosis and hemostasis. To reveal how mechanical load impacts fibrin, we carried out optical trap-based single-molecule forced unbinding experiments. The strength of noncovalent A:a knob-hole bond stabilizing fibrin polymers first increases with tensile force (catch bonds) and then decreases with force when the force exceeds a critical value (slip bonds). To provide the structural basis of catch–slip-bond behavior, we analyzed…
Fibrin formation and mechanical stability are essential in thrombosis and hemostasis. To reveal how mechanical load impacts fibrin, we carried out optical trap-based single-molecule forced unbinding experiments. The strength of noncovalent A:a knob-hole bond stabilizing fibrin polymers first increases with tensile force (catch bonds) and then decreases with force when the force exceeds a critical value (slip bonds). To provide the structural basis of catch–slip-bond behavior, we analyzed crystal structures and performed molecular modeling of A:a knob-hole complex. The movable flap (residues γ295 to γ305) containing the weak calcium-binding site γ2 serves as a tension sensor. Flap dissociation from the B domain in the γ-nodule and translocation to knob ‘A’ triggers hole ‘a’ closure, resulting in the increase of binding affinity and prolonged bond lifetimes. The discovery of biphasic kinetics of knob-hole bond rupture is quantitatively explained by using a theory, formulated in terms of structural transitions in the binding pocket between the low-affinity (slip) and high-affinity (catch) states. We provide a general framework to understand the mechanical response of protein pairs capable of tension-induced remodeling of their association interface. Strengthening of the A:a knob-hole bonds at 30- to 40-pN forces might favor formation of nascent fibrin clots subject to hydrodynamic shear in vivo.
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TensorCalculator: exploring the evolution of mechanical stress in the CCMV capsid
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter/IOP Publishing
A new computational methodology for the accurate numerical calculation of the Cauchy stress tensor, stress invariants, principal stress components, von Mises and Tresca tensors is developed. The methodology is based on the atomic stress approach which permits the calculation of stress tensors, widely used in continuum mechanics modeling of materials properties, using the output from the MD simulations of discrete atomic and $C_\alpha$ -based coarse-grained structural models of biological…
A new computational methodology for the accurate numerical calculation of the Cauchy stress tensor, stress invariants, principal stress components, von Mises and Tresca tensors is developed. The methodology is based on the atomic stress approach which permits the calculation of stress tensors, widely used in continuum mechanics modeling of materials properties, using the output from the MD simulations of discrete atomic and $C_\alpha$ -based coarse-grained structural models of biological particles. The methodology mapped into the software package TensorCalculator was successfully applied to the empty cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) shell to explore the evolution of mechanical stress in this mechanically-tested specific example of a soft virus capsid. We found an inhomogeneous stress distribution in various portions of the CCMV structure and stress transfer from one portion of the virus structure to another, which also points to the importance of entropic effects, often ignored in finite element analysis and elastic network modeling. We formulate a criterion for elastic deformation using the first principal stress components. Furthermore, we show that von Mises and Tresca stress tensors can be used to predict the onset of a viral capsid's mechanical failure, which leads to total structural collapse. TensorCalculator can be used to study stress evolution and dynamics of defects in viral capsids and other large-size protein assemblies.
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Mechanistic basis for the binding of RGD-and AGDV-peptides to the platelet integrin αIIbβ3
Biochemistry/American Chemical Society
Binding of soluble fibrinogen to the activated conformation of the integrin αIIbβ3 is required for platelet aggregation and is mediated exclusively by the C-terminal AGDV-containing dodecapeptide (γC-12) sequence of the fibrinogen γ chain. However, peptides containing the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequences located in two places in the fibrinogen Aα chain inhibit soluble fibrinogen binding to αIIbβ3 and make substantial contributions to αIIbβ3 binding when fibrinogen is immobilized and when it is…
Binding of soluble fibrinogen to the activated conformation of the integrin αIIbβ3 is required for platelet aggregation and is mediated exclusively by the C-terminal AGDV-containing dodecapeptide (γC-12) sequence of the fibrinogen γ chain. However, peptides containing the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequences located in two places in the fibrinogen Aα chain inhibit soluble fibrinogen binding to αIIbβ3 and make substantial contributions to αIIbβ3 binding when fibrinogen is immobilized and when it is converted to fibrin. Here, we employed optical trap-based nanomechanical measurements and computational molecular modeling to determine the kinetics, energetics, and structural details of cyclic RGDFK (cRGDFK) and γC-12 binding to αIIbβ3. Docking analysis revealed that NMR-determined solution structures of cRGDFK and γC-12 bind to both the open and closed αIIbβ3 conformers at the interface between the αIIb β-propeller domain and the β3 βI domain. The nanomechanical measurements revealed that cRGDFK binds to αIIbβ3 at least as tightly as γC-12. A subsequent analysis of molecular force profiles and the number of peptide−αIIbβ3 binding contacts revealed that both peptides form stable bimolecular complexes with αIIbβ3 that dissociate in the 60–120 pN range. The Gibbs free energy profiles of the αIIbβ3–peptide complexes revealed that the overall stability of the αIIbβ3-cRGDFK complex was comparable with that of the αIIbβ3−γC-12 complex. Thus, these results provide a mechanistic explanation for previous observations that RGD- and AGDV-containing peptides are both potent inhibitors of the αIIbβ3–fibrinogen interactions and are consistent with the observation that RGD motifs, in addition to AGDV, support interaction of αIIbβ3 with immobilized fibrinogen and fibrin.
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Assembly and Mechanical Properties of the Cargo-Free and Cargo-Loaded Bacterial Nanocompartment Encapsulin
American Chemical Society
Prokaryotes mostly lack membranous compartments that are typical of eukaryotic cells, but instead, they have various protein-based organelles. These include bacterial microcompartments like the carboxysome and the virus-like nanocompartment encapsulin. Encapsulins have an adaptable mechanism for enzyme packaging, which makes it an attractive platform to carry a foreign protein cargo. Here we investigate the assembly pathways and mechanical properties of the cargo-free and cargo-loaded…
Prokaryotes mostly lack membranous compartments that are typical of eukaryotic cells, but instead, they have various protein-based organelles. These include bacterial microcompartments like the carboxysome and the virus-like nanocompartment encapsulin. Encapsulins have an adaptable mechanism for enzyme packaging, which makes it an attractive platform to carry a foreign protein cargo. Here we investigate the assembly pathways and mechanical properties of the cargo-free and cargo-loaded nanocompartments, using a combination of native mass spectrometry, atomic force microscopy and multiscale computational molecular modeling. We show that encapsulin dimers assemble into rigid single-enzyme bacterial containers. Moreover, we demonstrate that cargo encapsulation has a mechanical impact on the shell. The structural similarity of encapsulins to virus capsids is reflected in their mechanical properties. With these robust mechanical properties encapsulins provide a suitable platform for the development of nanotechnological applications.
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Fluctuating Nonlinear Spring Model of Mechanical Deformation of Biological Particles
PLOS Computational Biology
We present a new theory for modeling dynamic deformations of biological nanoparticles, which considers the non-linear Hertzian deformation, resulting from an indenter-particle physical contact, and the bending of curved elements (beams) modeling the particle structure. The theory is exemplified by successfully describing the deformation dynamics of natural nanoparticles through comparing theoretical curves with experimental force-deformation spectra for several virus particles. This approach…
We present a new theory for modeling dynamic deformations of biological nanoparticles, which considers the non-linear Hertzian deformation, resulting from an indenter-particle physical contact, and the bending of curved elements (beams) modeling the particle structure. The theory is exemplified by successfully describing the deformation dynamics of natural nanoparticles through comparing theoretical curves with experimental force-deformation spectra for several virus particles. This approach provides a comprehensive description of the dynamic structural transitions in biological and artificial nanoparticles, which is essential for their optimal use in nanotechnology and nanomedicine applications.
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Tubulin Bond Energies and Microtubule Biomechanics Determined from Nanoindentation in Silico
We explored the biomechanics of microtubule polymers using multiscale computational modeling and nanoindentations in silico of a contiguous microtubule fragment. A close match between the simulated and experimental force–deformation spectra enabled us to correlate the microtubule biomechanics with dynamic structural transitions at the nanoscale.
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Botulinum neurotoxin: unique folding of enzyme domain of the most-poisonous poison
Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), the most toxic substance known to mankind, is the first example of the fully active molten globule state. To understand its folding mechanism, we performed urea denaturation experiments and theoretical modeling using BoNT serotype A (BoNT/A). We found that the extent of BoNT/A denaturation from the native state (N) shows a nonmonotonic dependence on urea concentration indicating a unique multistep denaturation process with two intermediate states. Our results stress…
Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), the most toxic substance known to mankind, is the first example of the fully active molten globule state. To understand its folding mechanism, we performed urea denaturation experiments and theoretical modeling using BoNT serotype A (BoNT/A). We found that the extent of BoNT/A denaturation from the native state (N) shows a nonmonotonic dependence on urea concentration indicating a unique multistep denaturation process with two intermediate states. Our results stress the importance of structural flexibility in the toxin’s mechanism of survival and action, an unmatched evolutionary trait from billion-year-old bacteria, which also correlates with the long-lasting enzymatic activity of BoNT inside neuronal cells.
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Structural transitions and energy landscape for cowpea chlorotic mottle virus capsid mechanics from nanomanipulation in vitro and in silico
Combined AFM experiments and computational modeling on subsecond timescales of the indentation nanomechanics of Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus capsid show that the capsid’s physical properties are dynamic and local characteristics of the structure, which change with the depth of indentation and depend on the magnitude and geometry of mechanical input.
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Order statistics inference for describing topological coupling and mechanical symmetry breaking in multidomain proteins
By utilizing the GPU-based computational acceleration, we carried out simulations of the protein forced unfolding for the dimer WW − WW of the all-β-sheet WW domains used as a model multidomain protein. We found that while the physically non-interacting identical protein domains (WW) show nearly symmetric mechanical properties at low tension, reflected, e.g., in the similarity of their distributions of unfolding times, these properties become distinctly different when tension is increased. We…
By utilizing the GPU-based computational acceleration, we carried out simulations of the protein forced unfolding for the dimer WW − WW of the all-β-sheet WW domains used as a model multidomain protein. We found that while the physically non-interacting identical protein domains (WW) show nearly symmetric mechanical properties at low tension, reflected, e.g., in the similarity of their distributions of unfolding times, these properties become distinctly different when tension is increased. We developed a new theory, inspired by order statistics, to characterize protein-protein interactions in multi-domain proteins. The method utilizes the squared-Gaussian model, but it can also be used in conjunction with other parametric models for the distribution of unfolding times. The formalism can be taken to the single-molecule experimental lab to probe mechanical cooperativity and domain communication in multi-domain proteins.
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Molecular mechanisms, thermodynamics, and dissociation kinetics of knob-hole interactions in fibrin
We characterized the A:a and B:b knob-hole interactions under varying solution conditions using molecular dynamics simulations of the structural models of fibrin(ogen) fragment D complexed with synthetic peptides GPRP (knob ‘A’ mimetic) and GHRP (knob ‘B’ mimetic).
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Mechanical transition from α-helical coiled coils to β-sheets in fibrin (ogen)
We characterized the α-to-β transition in α-helical coiled-coil connectors of the human fibrin(ogen) molecule using biomolecular simulations of their forced elongation and theoretical modeling. The soft α-to-β phase transition in coiled coils might be a universal mechanism underlying mechanical properties of filamentous α-helical proteins.
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SOP‐GPU: influence of solvent‐induced hydrodynamic interactions on dynamic structural transitions in protein assemblies
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Hydrodynamic interactions (HI) are incorporated into Langevin dynamics of the Cα-based protein model using the Truncated Expansion approximation (TEA) to the Rotne–Prager–Yamakawa diffusion tensor. Computational performance of the obtained GPU realization demonstrates the model's capability for describing protein systems of varying complexity (102–105 residues), including biological particles (filaments, virus shells). Comparison of numerical accuracy of the TEA versus exact description of HI…
Hydrodynamic interactions (HI) are incorporated into Langevin dynamics of the Cα-based protein model using the Truncated Expansion approximation (TEA) to the Rotne–Prager–Yamakawa diffusion tensor. Computational performance of the obtained GPU realization demonstrates the model's capability for describing protein systems of varying complexity (102–105 residues), including biological particles (filaments, virus shells). Comparison of numerical accuracy of the TEA versus exact description of HI reveals similar results for the kinetics and thermodynamics of protein unfolding. The HI speed up and couple biomolecular transitions through cross-communication among protein domains, which result in more collective displacements of structure elements governed by more deterministic (less variable) dynamics. The force-extension/deformation spectra from nanomanipulations in silico exhibit sharper force signals that match well the experimental profiles.
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