It has long been observed that trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) and urea demonstrate dramatically different properties in a protein folding process. Even with the enormous theoretical and experimental research work on these two osmolytes, various aspects of their underlying mechanisms still remain largely elusive. In this paper, we propose to use the weighted persistent homology to systematically study the osmolytes molecular aggregation and their hydrogen-bonding network from a local topological perspective. We consider two weighted models, i.e., localized persistent homology (LPH) and interactive persistent homology (IPH). Boltzmann persistent entropy (BPE) is proposed to quantitatively characterize the topological features from LPH and IPH, together with persistent Betti number (PBN). More specifically, from the localized persistent homology models, we have found that TMAO and urea have very different local topology. TMAO is found to exhibit a local network structure. With the concentration increase, the circle elements in these networks show a clear increase in their total numbers and a decrease in their relative sizes. In contrast, urea shows two types of local topological patterns, i.e., local clusters around 6 Å and a few global circle elements at around 12 Å. From the interactive persistent homology models, it has been found that our persistent radial distribution function (PRDF) from the global-scale IPH has same physical properties as the traditional radial distribution function. Moreover, PRDFs from the local-scale IPH can also be generated and used to characterize the local interaction information. Other than the clear difference of the first peak value of PRDFs at filtration size 4 Å, TMAO and urea also shows very different behaviors at the second peak region from filtration size 5 Å to 10 Å. These differences are also reflected in the PBNs and BPEs of the local-scale IPH. These localized topological information has never been revealed before. Since graphs can be transferred into simplicial complexes by the clique complex, our weighted persistent homology models can be used in the analysis of various networks and graphs from any molecular structures and aggregation systems.

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长期以来,人们观察到三甲胺N-氧化物 (TMAO) 和尿素在蛋白质折叠过程中表现出截然不同的特性。即使对这两种渗透物进行了大量的理论和实验研究,其潜在机制的各个方面仍然难以捉摸。在本文中,我们建议使用加权持久性同源性从局部拓扑角度系统地研究渗透压分子聚集及其氢键网络。我们考虑两个加权模型,即局部持久同源性 (LPH) 和交互式持久同源性 (IPH)。提出了玻尔兹曼持久熵 (BPE) 来定量表征LPH和IPH的拓扑特征以及持久Betti数 (PBN)。更具体地说,从局部持久同源性模型中,我们发现TMAO和urea具有非常不同的局部拓扑。发现TMAO具有本地网络结构。随着浓度的增加,这些网络中的圆元素显示出其总数的明显增加和相对大小的减小。相比之下,尿素显示了两种类型的局部拓扑模式,即6å 附近的局部簇和12å 附近的一些全局圆元素。从交互式持久同源性模型中发现,我们来自全局尺度IPH的持久径向分布函数 (PRDF) 具有与传统径向分布函数相同的物理性质。此外,还可以生成来自本地尺度IPH的prdf,并将其用于表征本地交互信息。除了在过滤尺寸为4å 时PRDFs的第一个峰值的明显差异外,TMAO和尿素在第二个峰值区域也显示出从过滤尺寸5å 到10å 的非常不同的行为。这些差异也反映在本地规模IPH的pbn和bpe中。这些局部化的拓扑信息以前从未被揭示过。由于图形可以通过集团复合体转移到简单的复合物中,因此我们的加权持久同源性模型可以用于分析来自任何分子结构和聚集系统的各种网络和图形。

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