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Ma H, Li A, Gao K. Network of Conformational Transitions Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Carbonic Anhydrase II Apo-Enzyme. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:8414-8420. [PMID: 30023582 PMCID: PMC6045336 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Human carbonic anhydrase II (HCA II) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO2 into bicarbonate (HCO3-) and a proton (H+) as well as other reactions at an extremely high rate. This enzyme plays fundamental roles in human physiology/pathology, such as controlling the pH level in cells and so on. However, the binding mechanism between apo-HCA II and CO2 or other ligands as well as related conformational changes remains poorly understood, and atomic investigation into it could promote our understanding of related internal physiological/pathological mechanisms. In this study, long-time atomic molecular dynamics simulations as well as the clustering and free-energy analysis were performed to reveal the dynamics of apo-HCA II as well as the mechanism upon ligand binding. Our simulations indicate that the crystallographic B-factors considerably underestimate the loop dynamics: multiple conformations can be adopted by loops 1 and 2, especially for loop 1 because loop 1 is one side of the binding pocket, and its left-to-right movement can compress or extend the binding pocket, leading to one inactive (closed) state, three intermediate (semiopen) states, and one active (open) state; CO2 cannot get into the binding pocket of the inactive state but can get into those of intermediate and active states. The coexistence of multiple conformational states proposes a possible conformational selection model for the binding mechanism between apo-HCA II and CO2 or other ligands, revising our previous view of its functional mechanism of conformational change upon ligand binding and offering valuable structural insights into the workings of HCA II.
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- Huishu Ma
- Institute of Biophysics and Department
of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biophysics and Department
of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biophysics and Department
of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Lu C, Liu X, Zhang CS, Gong H, Wu JW, Wang ZX. Structural and Dynamic Insights into the Mechanism of Allosteric Signal Transmission in ERK2-Mediated MKP3 Activation. Biochemistry 2017; 56:6165-6175. [PMID: 29077400 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are key components of cellular signal transduction pathways, which are down-regulated by the MAPK phosphatases (MKPs). Catalytic activity of the MKPs is controlled both by their ability to recognize selective MAPKs and by allosteric activation upon binding to MAPK substrates. Here, we use a combination of experimental and computational techniques to elucidate the molecular mechanism for the ERK2-induced MKP3 activation. Mutational and kinetic study shows that the 334FNFM337 motif in the MKP3 catalytic domain is essential for MKP3-mediated ERK2 inactivation and is responsible for ERK2-mediated MKP3 activation. The long-term molecular dynamics (MD) simulations further reveal a complete dynamic process in which the catalytic domain of MKP3 gradually changes to a conformation that resembles an active MKP catalytic domain over the time scale of the simulation, providing a direct time-dependent observation of allosteric signal transmission in ERK2-induced MKP3 activation.
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- Chang Lu
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protein Science, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protein Science, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stress Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University , Xiamen, Fujian 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protein Science, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protein Science, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protein Science, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, PR China
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Gao K, Zhao Y. A Network of Conformational Transitions in the Apo Form of NDM-1 Enzyme Revealed by MD Simulation and a Markov State Model. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:2952-2960. [PMID: 28319394 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a novel β-lactamase enzyme that confers enteric bacteria with nearly complete resistance to all β-lactam antibiotics, so it raises a formidable and global threat to human health. However, the binding mechanism between apo-NDM-1 and antibiotics as well as related conformational changes remains poorly understood, which largely hinders the overcoming of its antibiotic resistance. In our study, long-time conventional molecular dynamics simulation and Markov state models were applied to reveal both the dynamical and conformational landscape of apo-NDM-1: the MD simulation demonstrates that loop L3, which is responsible for antibiotic binding, is the most flexible and undergoes dramatic conformational changes; moreover, the Markov state model built from the simulation maps four metastable states including open, semiopen, and closed conformations of loop L3 as well as frequent transitions between the states. Our findings propose a possible conformational selection model for the binding mechanism between apo-NDM-1 and antibiotics, which facilitates the design of novel inhibitors and antibiotics.
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- Kaifu Gao
- Institute of Biophysics and Department of Physics, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biophysics and Department of Physics, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Gao K, Jia Y, Yang M. A Network of Conformational Transitions Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Binary Complex of Escherichia coli 6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin Pyrophosphokinase with MgATP. Biochemistry 2016; 55:6931-6939. [PMID: 27951655 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) catalyzes the first reaction in the folate biosynthetic pathway. Comparison of its X-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance structures suggests that the enzyme undergoes significant conformational change upon binding to its substrates, especially in three catalytic loops. Experimental research has shown that, in its binary form, even bound by analogues of MgATP, loops 2 and 3 remain rather flexible; this raises questions about the putative large-scale induced-fit conformational change of the HPPK-MgATP binary complex. In this work, long-time all-atomic molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to investigate the loop dynamics in this complex. Our simulations show that, with loop 3 closed, multiple conformations of loop 2, including the open, semiopen, and closed forms, are all accessible to the binary complex. These results provide valuable structural insights into the details of conformational changes upon 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin (HP) binding and biological activities of HPPK. Conformational network analysis and principal component analysis related to the loops are also discussed.
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- Kaifu Gao
- Institute of Biophysics and Department of Physics, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biophysics and Department of Physics, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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Lambrughi M, De Gioia L, Gervasio FL, Lindorff-Larsen K, Nussinov R, Urani C, Bruschi M, Papaleo E. DNA-binding protects p53 from interactions with cofactors involved in transcription-independent functions. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:9096-9109. [PMID: 27604871 PMCID: PMC5100575 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Binding-induced conformational changes of a protein at regions distant from the binding site may play crucial roles in protein function and regulation. The p53 tumour suppressor is an example of such an allosterically regulated protein. Little is known, however, about how DNA binding can affect distal sites for transcription factors. Furthermore, the molecular details of how a local perturbation is transmitted through a protein structure are generally elusive and occur on timescales hard to explore by simulations. Thus, we employed state-of-the-art enhanced sampling atomistic simulations to unveil DNA-induced effects on p53 structure and dynamics that modulate the recruitment of cofactors and the impact of phosphorylation at Ser215. We show that DNA interaction promotes a conformational change in a region 3 nm away from the DNA binding site. Specifically, binding to DNA increases the population of an occluded minor state at this distal site by more than 4-fold, whereas phosphorylation traps the protein in its major state. In the minor conformation, the interface of p53 that binds biological partners related to p53 transcription-independent functions is not accessible. Significantly, our study reveals a mechanism of DNA-mediated protection of p53 from interactions with partners involved in the p53 transcription-independent signalling. This also suggests that conformational dynamics is tightly related to p53 signalling.
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- Matteo Lambrughi
- Computational Biology Laboratory, Unit of Statistics, Bioinformatics and Registry, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick National laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, Unit of Statistics, Bioinformatics and Registry, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Grottesi A, Cecconi S, Molina R, D'abramo M. Effect of DNA on the conformational dynamics of the endonucleases I-DmoI as provided by molecular dynamics simulations. Biopolymers 2016; 105:898-904. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Alessandro Grottesi
- SuperComputing Applications and Innovations; CINECA; via dei Tizii 6 Rome 00185 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry; Sapienza University of Rome; P.le A. Moro, 5 Rome 00185 Italy
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology; Inst. Química-Física “Rocasolano”, CSIC; Serrano 119 Madrid 28006 Spain
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- Department of Chemistry; Sapienza University of Rome; P.le A. Moro, 5 Rome 00185 Italy
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Morando MA, Saladino G, D’Amelio N, Pucheta-Martinez E, Lovera S, Lelli M, López-Méndez B, Marenchino M, Campos-Olivas R, Gervasio FL. Conformational Selection and Induced Fit Mechanisms in the Binding of an Anticancer Drug to the c-Src Kinase. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24439. [PMID: 27087366 PMCID: PMC4834493 DOI: 10.1038/srep24439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Understanding the conformational changes associated with the binding of small ligands to their biological targets is a fascinating and meaningful question in chemistry, biology and drug discovery. One of the most studied and important is the so-called "DFG-flip" of tyrosine kinases. The conserved three amino-acid DFG motif undergoes an "in to out" movement resulting in a particular inactive conformation to which "type II" kinase inhibitors, such as the anti-cancer drug Imatinib, bind. Despite many studies, the details of this prototypical conformational change are still debated. Here we combine various NMR experiments and surface plasmon resonance with enhanced sampling molecular dynamics simulations to shed light into the conformational dynamics associated with the binding of Imatinib to the proto-oncogene c-Src. We find that both conformational selection and induced fit play a role in the binding mechanism, reconciling opposing views held in the literature. Moreover, an external binding pose and local unfolding (cracking) of the aG helix are observed.
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- Maria Agnese Morando
- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Department, University of Florence, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Spectroscopy and NMR Unit, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Spectroscopy and NMR Unit, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Spectroscopy and NMR Unit, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Interest in the application of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations has increased in the field of protein kinase (PK) drug discovery. PKs belong to an important drug target class because they are directly involved in a number of diseases, including cancer. MD methods simulate dynamic biological and chemical events at an atomic level. This information can be combined with other in silico and experimental methods to efficiently target selected receptors. In this review, we present common and advanced methods of MD simulations and we focus on the recent applications of MD-based methodologies that provided significant insights into the elucidation of biological mechanisms involving PKs and into the discovery of novel kinase inhibitors.
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Gao K, He H, Yang M, Yan H. Molecular dynamics simulations of the Escherichia coli HPPK apo-enzyme reveal a network of conformational transitions. Biochemistry 2015; 54:6734-42. [PMID: 26492157 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) catalyzes the first reaction in the folate biosynthetic pathway. Comparison of its X-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance structures suggests that the enzyme undergoes significant conformational change upon binding to its substrates, especially in three catalytic loops. Experimental research has shown that even when confined by crystal contacts, loops 2 and 3 remain rather flexible when the enzyme is in its apo form, raising questions about the putative large-scale induced-fit conformational change of HPPK. To investigate the loop dynamics in a crystal-free environment, we performed conventional molecular dynamics simulations of the apo-enzyme at two different temperatures (300 and 350 K). Our simulations show that the crystallographic B-factors considerably underestimate the loop dynamics; multiple conformations of loops 2 and 3, including the open, semi-open, and closed conformations that an enzyme must adopt throughout its catalytic cycle, are all accessible to the apo-enzyme. These results revise our previous view of the functional mechanism of conformational change upon MgATP binding and offer valuable structural insights into the workings of HPPK. In this paper, conformational network analysis and principal component analysis related to the loops are discussed to support the presented conclusions.
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- Kaifu Gao
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Chang YY, Ho TL, Chung WS. Deformative transition of the Menschutkin reaction and helical atropisomers in a congested polyheterocyclic system. J Org Chem 2014; 79:9970-8. [PMID: 25279831 DOI: 10.1021/jo501815y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A 4,7-phenanthroline polycyclic 1A designed for probing the limits of the Menschutkin reaction was synthesized in a six-step sequence. The rotational barrier of the phenyl ring nearby the N-methyl group in rac-2A was estimated to be ≫ 18.1 kcal/mol from VT-NMR experiments, making them a new type of helical atropisomer. The methylation rate constants of 9 and 1A with MeI was found to be 2.22 × 10(-4) and 9.62 × 10(-6) s(-1) mol(-1) L, respectively; thus, the formation rate of (P/M)-2A is one of the slowest rates ever reported for a Menschutkin reaction. The N-methyl protons in (P/M)-2A exhibit a significant upfield shift (Δδ 1.0 ppm) in its (1)H NMR, compared to those without a nearby phenyl, indicating a strong CH-π interaction is involved. Conformational flexibility in dipyridylethene 9 is clearly shown by its complexation with BH3 to form helical atropisomers (P,P/M,M)-10. The pKa values of the conjugate acids of 1A and 9 in acetonitrile were determined to be 4.65 and 5.07, respectively, which are much smaller compared to that of pyridine 14a (pKa = 12.33), implying that the basicity, nucleophilicity, and amine alkylation rates of 1A and 9 are markedly decreased by the severe steric hindrance of the flanking phenyl rings in the polyheterocycles.
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- Yung-Yu Chang
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung University , Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan-ROC
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Granda JM, Staszewska-Krajewska O, Jurczak J. Bispyrrolylbenzene Anion Receptor: From Supramolecular Switch to Molecular Logic Gate. Chemistry 2014; 20:12790-5. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Equilibrium fluctuations of a single folded protein reveal a multitude of potential cryptic allosteric sites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:11681-6. [PMID: 22753506 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209309109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cryptic allosteric sites--transient pockets in a folded protein that are invisible to conventional experiments but can alter enzymatic activity via allosteric communication with the active site--are a promising opportunity for facilitating drug design by greatly expanding the repertoire of available drug targets. Unfortunately, identifying these sites is difficult, typically requiring resource-intensive screening of large libraries of small molecules. Here, we demonstrate that Markov state models built from extensive computer simulations (totaling hundreds of microseconds of dynamics) can identify prospective cryptic sites from the equilibrium fluctuations of three medically relevant proteins--β-lactamase, interleukin-2, and RNase H--even in the absence of any ligand. As in previous studies, our methods reveal a surprising variety of conformations--including bound-like configurations--that implies a role for conformational selection in ligand binding. Moreover, our analyses lead to a number of unique insights. First, direct comparison of simulations with and without the ligand reveals that there is still an important role for an induced fit during ligand binding to cryptic sites and suggests new conformations for docking. Second, correlations between amino acid sidechains can convey allosteric signals even in the absence of substantial backbone motions. Most importantly, our extensive sampling reveals a multitude of potential cryptic sites--consisting of transient pockets coupled to the active site--even in a single protein. Based on these observations, we propose that cryptic allosteric sites may be even more ubiquitous than previously thought and that our methods should be a valuable means of guiding the search for such sites.
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Saladino G, Gauthier L, Bianciotto M, Gervasio FL. Assessing the Performance of Metadynamics and Path Variables in Predicting the Binding Free Energies of p38 Inhibitors. J Chem Theory Comput 2012; 8:1165-70. [DOI: 10.1021/ct3001377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- G. Saladino
- Structural Biology and Biocomputing
Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Structure, Design, Informatics, Lead Generation to Candidate Realization, Sanofi R&D, 195 route d’Espagne, Toulouse, France
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- Structure, Design, Informatics, Lead Generation to Candidate Realization, Sanofi R&D, 195 route d’Espagne, Toulouse, France
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- Structural Biology and Biocomputing
Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), c/Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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Sutto L, Marsili S, Gervasio FL. New advances in metadynamics. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Lovera S, Sutto L, Boubeva R, Scapozza L, Dölker N, Gervasio FL. The different flexibility of c-Src and c-Abl kinases regulates the accessibility of a druggable inactive conformation. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:2496-9. [PMID: 22280319 DOI: 10.1021/ja210751t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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c-Src and c-Abl are two closely related protein kinases that constitute important anticancer targets. Despite their high sequence identity, they show different sensitivities to the anticancer drug imatinib, which binds specifically to a particular inactive conformation in which the Asp of the conserved DFG motif points outward (DFG-out). We have analyzed the DFG conformational transition of the two kinases using massive molecular dynamics simulations, free energy calculations, and isothermal titration calorimetry. On the basis of the reconstruction of the free energy surfaces for the DFG-in to DFG-out conformational changes of c-Src and c-Abl, we propose that the different flexibility of the two kinases results in a different stability of the DFG-out conformation and might be the main determinant of imatinib selectivity.
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- Silvia Lovera
- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, E-28029 Madrid, Spain
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