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Maiti BK, Govil N, Kundu T, Moura JJ. Designed Metal-ATCUN Derivatives: Redox- and Non-redox-Based Applications Relevant for Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine. iScience 2020; 23:101792. [PMID: 33294799 PMCID: PMC7701195 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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The designed "ATCUN" motif (amino-terminal copper and nickel binding site) is a replica of naturally occurring ATCUN site found in many proteins/peptides, and an attractive platform for multiple applications, which include nucleases, proteases, spectroscopic probes, imaging, and small molecule activation. ATCUN motifs are engineered at periphery by conjugation to recombinant proteins, peptides, fluorophores, or recognition domains through chemically or genetically, fulfilling the needs of various biological relevance and a wide range of practical usages. This chemistry has witnessed significant growth over the last few decades and several interesting ATCUN derivatives have been described. The redox role of the ATCUN moieties is also an important aspect to be considered. The redox potential of designed M-ATCUN derivatives is modulated by judicious choice of amino acid (including stereochemistry, charge, and position) that ultimately leads to the catalytic efficiency. In this context, a wide range of M-ATCUN derivatives have been designed purposefully for various redox- and non-redox-based applications, including spectroscopic probes, target-based catalytic metallodrugs, inhibition of amyloid-β toxicity, and telomere shortening, enzyme inactivation, biomolecules stitching or modification, next-generation antibiotic, and small molecule activation.
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- Biplab K. Maiti
- National Institute of Technology Sikkim, Ravangla Campus, Barfung Block, Ravangla Sub Division, South Sikkim 737139, India
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- National Institute of Technology Sikkim, Ravangla Campus, Barfung Block, Ravangla Sub Division, South Sikkim 737139, India
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- National Institute of Technology Sikkim, Ravangla Campus, Barfung Block, Ravangla Sub Division, South Sikkim 737139, India
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Rai J. Peptide and protein mimetics by retro and retroinverso analogs. Chem Biol Drug Des 2019; 93:724-736. [PMID: 30582286 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Retroinverso analog of a natural polypeptide can sometimes mimic the structure and function of the natural peptide. The additional advantage of using retroinverso analog is that it is resistant to proteolysis. The retroinverso analogs have peptide sequence in reverse direction with respect to natural peptide and also have chirality of amino acid inverted from L to D. The D amino acids cannot be recognized by common proteases of the body; therefore, these peptides will not be degraded easily and have a longer-lasting effect as vaccine and inhibitor drugs. There have been many contested propositions about the geometric relationship between a peptide and its retro, inverso, or retroinverso analog. A retroinverso analog sometimes fails to adopt the structure that can mimic the function of the natural peptide. In such cases, partial retroinverso analog and other modifications can help in achieving the desired structure and function. Here, we review the theory, major experimental attempts, prediction methods, and alternative strategies related to retroinverso peptidomimetics.
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A small-molecule probe induces a conformation in HIV TAR RNA capable of binding drug-like fragments. J Mol Biol 2011; 410:984-96. [PMID: 21763501 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The HIV-1 transactivation response (TAR) element-Tat interaction is a potentially valuable target for treating HIV infection, but efforts to develop TAR-binding antiviral drugs have not yet yielded a successful candidate for clinical development. In this work, we describe a novel approach toward screening fragments against RNA that uses a chemical probe to target the Tat-binding region of TAR. This probe fulfills two critical roles in the screen: by locking the RNA into a conformation capable of binding other fragments, it simultaneously allows the identification of proximal binding fragments by ligand-based NMR. Using this approach, we have discovered six novel TAR-binding fragments, three of which were docked relative to the probe-RNA structure using experimental NMR restraints. The consistent orientations of functional groups in our data-driven docked structures and common electrostatic properties across all fragment leads reveal a surprising level of selectivity by our fragment-sized screening hits. These models further suggest linking strategies for the development of higher-affinity lead compounds for the inhibition of the TAR-Tat interaction.
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Bardaro MF, Varani G. Examining the relationship between RNA function and motion using nuclear magnetic resonance. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2011; 3:122-32. [PMID: 22180312 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The biological function of proteins and nucleic acids relies on their complex structures, yet dynamics provides an additional layer of functional adaptability. Numerous studies have demonstrated that RNA is only able to perform the multitude of functions for which it is responsible by readily changing its conformation in response to binding of proteins or small molecules. Examination of RNA dynamics is therefore essential to understanding its biological function. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has emerged as a leading technique for the examination of RNA motion and conformational transitions. It can examine domain motions as well as motion with atomic level resolution over a wide range of time scales. This review examines how NMR spectroscopy can be applied to examine the relationship between function and dynamics in RNA.
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Davidson A, Patora-Komisarska K, Robinson JA, Varani G. Essential structural requirements for specific recognition of HIV TAR RNA by peptide mimetics of Tat protein. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 39:248-56. [PMID: 20724442 PMCID: PMC3017588 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The pharmacological disruption of the interaction between the HIV Tat protein and its cognate transactivation response RNA (TAR) would generate novel anti-viral drugs with a low susceptibility to drug resistance, but efforts to discover ligands with sufficient potency to warrant pharmaceutical development have been unsuccessful. We have previously described a family of structurally constrained β-hairpin peptides that potently inhibits viral growth in HIV-infected cells. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structure of an inhibitory complex revealed that the peptide makes intimate contacts with the 3-nt bulge and the upper helix of the RNA hairpin, but that a single residue contacts the apical loop where recruitment of the essential cellular co-factor cyclin T1 occurs. Attempting to extend the peptide to form more interactions with the RNA loop, we examined a library of longer peptides and achieved >6-fold improvement in affinity. The structure of TAR bound to one of the extended peptides reveals that the peptide slides down the major groove of the RNA, relative to our design, in order to maintain critical interactions with TAR. These conserved contacts involve three amino acid side chains and identify critical interaction points required for potent and specific binding to TAR RNA. They constitute a template of essential interactions required for inhibition of this RNA.
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- Amy Davidson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Olsen GL, Bardaro MF, Echodu DC, Drobny GP, Varani G. Intermediate rate atomic trajectories of RNA by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:303-8. [PMID: 19994901 PMCID: PMC2864776 DOI: 10.1021/ja907515s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Many RNAs undergo large conformational changes in response to the binding of proteins and small molecules. However, when RNA functional dynamics occur in the nanosecond-microsecond time scale, they become invisible to traditional solution NMR relaxation methods. Residual dipolar coupling methods have revealed the presence of extensive nanosecond-microsecond domain motions in HIV-1 TAR RNA, but this technique lacks information on the rates of motions. We have used solid-state deuterium NMR to quantitatively describe trajectories of key residues in TAR by exploiting the sensitivity of this technique to motions that occur in the nanosecond-microsecond regime. Deuterium line shape and relaxation data were used to model motions of residues within the TAR binding interface. The resulting motional models indicate two functionally essential bases within the single-stranded bulge sample both the free and Tat-bound conformations on the microsecond time scale in the complete absence of the protein. Thus, our results strongly support a conformational capture mechanism for recognition: the protein does not induce a new RNA structure, but instead captures an already-populated conformation.
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- Greg L. Olsen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, USA 98195
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, USA 98195
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, USA 98195
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, USA 98195
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- Address correspondence to: or 1 206 543 7113 (Tel) 1-206 685 8665 (Fax)
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Olsen GL, Bardaro MF, Echodu DC, Drobny GP, Varani G. Hydration dependent dynamics in RNA. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2009; 45:133-142. [PMID: 19669102 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-009-9355-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/27/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The essential role played by local and collective motions in RNA function has led to a growing interest in the characterization of RNA dynamics. Recent investigations have revealed that even relatively simple RNAs experience complex motions over multiple time scales covering the entire ms-ps motional range. In this work, we use deuterium solid-state NMR to systematically investigate motions in HIV-1 TAR RNA as a function of hydration. We probe dynamics at three uridine residues in different structural environments ranging from helical to completely unrestrained. We observe distinct and substantial changes in (2)H solid-state relaxation times and lineshapes at each site as hydration levels increase. By comparing solid-state and solution state (13)C relaxation measurements, we establish that ns-micros motions that may be indicative of collective dynamics suddenly arise in the RNA as hydration reaches a critical point coincident with the onset of bulk hydration. Beyond that point, we observe smaller changes in relaxation rates and lineshapes in these highly hydrated solid samples, compared to the dramatic activation of motion occurring at moderate hydration.
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- Greg L Olsen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Bardaro MF, Shajani Z, Patora-Komisarska K, Robinson JA, Varani G. How binding of small molecule and peptide ligands to HIV-1 TAR alters the RNA motional landscape. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:1529-40. [PMID: 19139066 PMCID: PMC2655691 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn1074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 TAR RNA represents a well-known paradigm to study the role of dynamics and conformational change in RNA function. This regulatory RNA changes conformation in response to binding of Tat protein and of a variety of peptidic and small molecule ligands, indicating that its conformational flexibility and intrinsic dynamics play important roles in molecular recognition. We have used 13C NMR relaxation experiments to examine changes in the motional landscape of HIV-1 TAR in the presence of three ligands of different affinity and specificity. The ligands are argininamide, a linear peptide mimic of the Tat basic domain and a cyclic peptide that potently inhibits Tat-dependent activation of transcription. All three molecules induce the same motional characteristics within the three nucleotides bulge that represents the Tat-binding site. However, the cyclic peptide has a unique motional signature in the apical loop, which represents a binding site for the essential host co-factor cyclin T1. These results suggest that all peptidic mimics of Tat induce the same dynamics in TAR within this protein binding site. However, the new cyclic peptide mimic of Tat represents a new class of ligands with a unique effect on the dynamics and the structure of the apical loop.
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- Michael F Bardaro
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA
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Yu X, Lin W, Pang R, Yang M. Design, synthesis and bioactivities of TAR RNA targeting β-carboline derivatives based on Tat–TAR interaction. Eur J Med Chem 2005; 40:831-9. [PMID: 15925430 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2005.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2004] [Accepted: 01/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A series of new beta-carboline derivatives 3-14 bearing guanidinium group or amino group-terminated side chain targeting the TAR RNA were designed and synthesized. Molecular modeling studies indicated that the minimal interaction energy was obtained for compound 11, which contained the optimal linker of three methylene groups and the terminal guanidinium group interacted with the three-base bulge of TAR element by hydrogen bonds, which were the main contributor to the stability of drug-TAR RNA complex. To evaluate the ability of compounds 3-14 to block Tat-TAR interaction, we established a rapid, sensitive quantitative bioassay based on transient cotransfection of a Tat expression vector and a long terminal repeat region-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (LTR-CAT) reporter construct in eukaryotic cells, monitoring the influence of the compounds on CAT expression levels with ELISA. Compounds 11 and 12 were the most active compounds of all in inhibiting Tat-TAR interaction bearing the terminal guanidinium group, and the optimal linker of the three methylene groups. Both compounds also exhibited anti-HIV-1 activity in MT4 cells, and their LD50 values of intraperitoneal acute toxicity for mice were 320.0 and 104.3 mg/kg, respectively. Furthermore, the results of capillary electrophoresis (CE) suggest that it is through targeting TAR RNA that this series of compounds block the Tat-TAR interaction.
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- Xiaolin Yu
- National Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
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Cojocaru V, Nottrott S, Klement R, Jovin TM. The snRNP 15.5K protein folds its cognate K-turn RNA: a combined theoretical and biochemical study. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2005; 11:197-209. [PMID: 15659359 PMCID: PMC1370708 DOI: 10.1261/rna.7149605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2004] [Accepted: 11/05/2004] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The human 15.5K protein binds to the 5' stem-loop of U4 snRNA, promotes the assembly of the spliceosomal U4/U6 snRNP, and is required for the recruitment of the 61K protein and the 20/60/90K protein complex to the U4 snRNA. In the crystallographic structure of the 15.5K-U4 snRNA complex, the conformation of the RNA corresponds to the family of kink-turn (K-turn) structural motifs. We simulated the complex and the free RNA, showing how the protein binding and the intrinsic flexibility contribute to the RNA folding process. We found that the RNA is significantly more flexible in the absence of the 15.5K protein. Conformational transitions such as the interconversion between alternative purine stacking schemes, the loss of G-A base pairs, and the opening of the K-turn occur only in the free RNA. Furthermore, the stability of one canonical G-C base pair is influenced both by the binding of the 15.5K protein and the nature of the adjacent structural element in the RNA. We performed chemical RNA modification experiments and observed that the free RNA lacks secondary structure elements, a result in excellent agreement with the simulations. Based on these observations, we propose a protein-assisted RNA folding mechanism in which the RNA intrinsic flexibility functions as a catalyst.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Molecular
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Conformation
- RNA, Small Nuclear/chemistry
- RNA, Small Nuclear/genetics
- RNA, Small Nuclear/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear/chemistry
- Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear/genetics
- Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear/metabolism
- Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear/chemistry
- Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear/genetics
- Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear/metabolism
- Thermodynamics
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- Vlad Cojocaru
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Yu X, Lin W, Li J, Yang M. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel beta-carboline derivatives as Tat-TAR interaction inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 14:3127-30. [PMID: 15149658 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2004] [Accepted: 04/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Four new beta-carboline derivatives were synthesized bearing guanidinium group or amino group-terminated side chain targeting the TAR element. Compounds 5 and 6 with terminal guanidinium group showed inhibitory activities on Tat-TAR interaction as well as to HIV-1 in MT4 cells. Furthermore, capillary electrophoresis assay implied that compound 6 could not only bind to TAR but also hinder the Tat-TAR interaction.
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- Xiaolin Yu
- National Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
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Davis B, Afshar M, Varani G, Murchie AIH, Karn J, Lentzen G, Drysdale M, Bower J, Potter AJ, Starkey ID, Swarbrick T, Aboul-ela F. Rational design of inhibitors of HIV-1 TAR RNA through the stabilisation of electrostatic "hot spots". J Mol Biol 2004; 336:343-56. [PMID: 14757049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.12.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The targeting of RNA for the design of novel anti-viral compounds has until now proceeded largely without incorporating direct input from structure-based design methodology, partly because of lack of structural data, and complications arising from substrate flexibility. We propose a paradigm to explain the physical mechanism for ligand-induced refolding of trans-activation response element (TAR RNA) from human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1). Based upon Poisson-Boltzmann analysis of the TAR structure, as bound by a peptide derived from the transcriptional activator protein, Tat, our hypothesis shows that two specific electrostatic interactions are necessary to stabilise the conformation. This result contradicts the belief that a single argininamide residue is responsible for stabilising the TAR fold, as well as the conventional wisdom that electrostatic interactions with RNA are non-specific or dominated by phosphates. We test this hypothesis by using NMR and computational methods to model the interaction of a series of novel inhibitors of the in vitro RNA-binding activities for a peptide derived from Tat. A subset of inhibitors, including the bis-guanidine compound rbt203 and its analogues, induce a conformation in TAR similar to that brought about by the protein. Comparison of the interactions of two of these ligands with the RNA and structure-activity relationships observed within the compound series, confirm the importance of the two specific electrostatic interactions in the stabilisation of the Tat-bound RNA conformation. This work illustrates how the use of medicinal chemistry and structural analysis can provide a rational basis for prediction of ligand-induced conformational change, a necessary step towards the application of structure-based methods in the design of novel RNA or protein-binding drugs.
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- Ben Davis
- RiboTargets Ltd, Granta Park, Abington, CB1 6GB, Cambridge, UK
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Reyes CM, Nifosì R, Frankel AD, Kollman PA. Molecular dynamics and binding specificity analysis of the bovine immunodeficiency virus BIV Tat-TAR complex. Biophys J 2001; 80:2833-42. [PMID: 11371457 PMCID: PMC1301468 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)76250-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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We have performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, with particle-mesh Ewald, explicit waters, and counterions, and binding specificity analyses using combined molecular mechanics and continuum solvent (MM-PBSA) on the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) Tat peptide-TAR RNA complex. The solution structure for the complex was solved independently by Patel and co-workers and Puglisi and co-workers. We investigated the differences in both structures and trajectories, particularly in the formation of the U-A-U base triple, the dynamic flexibility of the Tat peptide, and the interactions at the binding interface. We observed a decrease in RMSD in comparing the final average RNA structures and initial RNA structures of both trajectories, which suggests the convergence of the RNA structures to a MD equilibrated RNA structure. We also calculated the relative binding of different Tat peptide mutants to TAR RNA and found qualitative agreement with experimental studies.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cattle
- Computer Simulation
- Gene Products, tat/chemistry
- Gene Products, tat/genetics
- Gene Products, tat/metabolism
- HIV Long Terminal Repeat/genetics
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Bovine/chemistry
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Bovine/genetics
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation/genetics
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- RNA, Viral/chemistry
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Substrate Specificity
- Thermodynamics
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- C M Reyes
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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