Perturbation Response Scanning

This module defines functions for performing perturbation response scanning from PCA and normal modes.

calcPerturbResponse(model, **kwargs)[source]

This function implements the perturbation response scanning (PRS) method described in [CA09] and [IG14]. It returns a PRS matrix, and effectiveness and sensitivity profiles.

Rows of the matrix are the average magnitude of the responses obtained by perturbing the atom/node position at that row index, i.e. prs_matrix[i,j] will give the response of residue/node j to perturbations in residue/node i.

PRS is performed using the covariance matrix from a model, e.g. a ANM instance. To use an external matrix, please provide it to a PCA instance using the PCA.setCovariance().

When an atoms instance is given, the PRS matrix will be added as data, which can be retrieved with atoms.getData('prs_matrix').

model and atoms must have the same number of atoms. atoms must be an AtomGroup instance.

[CA09]Atilgan C, Atilgan AR, Perturbation-Response Scanning Reveals Ligand Entry-Exit Mechanisms of Ferric Binding Protein. PLoS Comput Biol 2009 5(10):e1000544.
[IG14]General IJ, Liu Y, Blackburn ME, Mao W, Gierasch LM, Bahar I. ATPase subdomain IA is a mediator of interdomain allostery in Hsp70 molecular chaperones. PLoS Comput. Biol. 2014 10:e1003624.
calcDynamicFlexibilityIndex(model, atoms, select, **kwargs)[source]

Calculate the dynamic flexibility index for the selected residue(s). This function implements the dynamic flexibility index (Dfi) method described in [ZNG13].

Parameters:
  • model (ANM, PCA) – 3D model from which to calculate covariance matrix
  • atoms (Atomic) – an Atomic object from which residues are selected
  • select (str, Selection) – a selection string or selection for residues of interest
  • norm (bool) – whether to normalise the covariance, default False
[ZNG13]Gerek ZN, Kumar S, Ozkan SB, Structural dynamics flexibility informs function and evolution at a proteome scale. Evol Appl. 2013 6(3):423-33.
calcDynamicCouplingIndex(model, atoms, select, func_sel, **kwargs)[source]

Calculate the dynamic coupling index for the selected residue(s). This function implements the dynamic coupling index (DCI) or functional DFI method described in [AK15].

Parameters:
  • model (ANM, PCA) – 3D model from which to calculate covariance matrix
  • atoms (Atomic) – an Atomic object from which residues are selected
  • select (str, Selection) – a selection string or selection for residues of interest
  • func_sel (str, Selection) – a selection string or selection for functional residues
  • norm (bool) – whether to normalise the covariance, default False
[AK15]
Kumar A, Glembo TJ, Ozkan SB. The Role of Conformational Dynamics and Allostery
in the Disease Development of Human Ferritin.

Biophys J. 2015 109(6):1273-81.