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In this regard, decrypting the latent molecular reasons in order to elucidate similarity among MMPs is a key challenge.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We describe a pairwise variant of the non-parametric chaotic map clustering (CMC) algorithm and its application to 104 X-ray MMP structures. In this analysis electrostatic potentials are computed and used as input for the CMC algorithm. It was shown that differences between proteins reflect genuine variation of their electrostatic potentials. In addition, the analysis has been also extended to analyze the protein primary structures and the molecular shapes of the MMP co-crystallised ligands.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The CMC algorithm was shown to be a valuable tool in knowledge acquisition and transfer from MMP structures. Based on the variation of electrostatic potentials, CMC was successful in analysing the MMP target family landscape and different subsites. The first investigation resulted in rational figure interpretation of both domain organization as well as of substrate specificity classifications. The second made it possible to distinguish the MMP classes, demonstrating the high specificity of the S<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>' pocket, to detect both the occurrence of punctual mutations of ionisable residues and different side-chain conformations that likely account for induced-fit phenomena. In addition, CMC demonstrated a potential comparable to the most popular UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic mean) method that, at present, represents a standard clustering bioinformatics approach. Interestingly, CMC and UPGMA resulted in closely comparable outcomes, but often CMC produced more informative and more easy interpretable dendrograms. Finally, CMC was successful for standard pairwise analysis (i.e., Smith-Waterman algorithm) of protein sequences and was used to convincingly explain the complementarity existing between the molecular shapes of the co-crystallised ligand molecules and the accessible MMP void volumes.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2105-11-500","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,10,21]],"date-time":"2010-10-21T18:15:26Z","timestamp":1287684926000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Analysis of X-ray Structures of Matrix Metalloproteinases via Chaotic Map Clustering"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Ilenia","family":"Giangreco","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Orazio","family":"Nicolotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Angelo","family":"Carotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"De Carlo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Gianfranco","family":"Gargano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Roberto","family":"Bellotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"4083_CR1","first-page":"397","volume-title":"Concepts and Models in Bioinorganic Chemistry","author":"N Burzlaff","year":"2006","unstructured":"Burzlaff N: From Model Complexes for Zinc-Containing Enzymes. 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