This python routine is able to calculate parameters associated with a two-state folding model with data obtained from a measured observation such as absorbance or fluorescence.
Folding curves for folding and unfolding using a two state model. For more information on the two-state model, read the following papers:
- "Unfolding free energy changes determined by the linear extrapolation method. 1. Unfolding of phenylmethanesulfonyl .alpha.-chymotrypsin using different denaturants." Marcelo M. Santoro , D. W. Bolen, Biochemistry, 1988, 27 (21), pp 8063โ8068, DOI: 10.1021/bi00421a014
- "Folding of horse cytochrome c in the reduced state." Bhuyan AK, Udgaonkar JB, J Mol Biol. 2001 Oct 5;312(5):1135-60.
There is a discrepancy between several publications for the folding equetion.
From Bhuyan's paper:
Sobs=(Cf +mf[D]+Cu+mu[D]exp((-Delta G +mg[D])/(RT))/(1+exp((-DeltaG +mg[D])/(RT)))
From Santoro's paper:
DeltaEpsilon=[(Cf+mf[D])+(Cu+mu[D])*exp-(Delta G/RT +mg[D]/RT)]/[1+exp-(Delta G/RT +mg[D]/RT)]
These two equations are inconsistent with one another.
For the fitting routine, the following equation is used:
Sobs=(Cf +mf[D]+(Cu+mu[D])exp((-Delta G +mg[D])/(RT))/(1+exp((-DeltaG +mg[D])/(RT)))
Using this equation is able to reproduce the numbers found in the papers.
For proof of principle, the program can be run to show a typical output with the command using the default data.
$ python folding-curves.py
This will show a plot and also ask if you want to save the parameters to CSV files.
To run the routine with a specified CSV file
$ python folding-curves.py my-file.csv
The routine will prompt to save the fitting parameters and fit curves to 3 separate CSV files: One for the fitting parameters, one for fitting curves of the raw data to a CSV, and fitting curve of the percent unfolded function.
The name structure is such that the file names for my-file.csv would be
- my-file_data_percent_unfolded.csv
- my-file_fits.csv
- my-file_parameters.csv