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Ghosh M, Akhter N, Zobayer N. An In Silico Based Approach Towards the Characterization with Feature Identification and Analogy Modeling of Human Osteoclast Protein. Int J Pept Res Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-021-10239-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Stoddard SV, Welsh CL, Palopoli MM, Stoddard SD, Aramandla MP, Patel RM, Ma H, Beck LH. Structure and function insights garnered from in silico modeling of the thrombospondin type-1 domain-containing 7A antigen. Proteins 2018; 87:136-145. [PMID: 30520531 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The thrombospondin type-1 domain containing 7A (THSD7A) protein is known to be one of the antigens responsible for the autoimmune disorder idiopathic membranous nephropathy. The structure of this antigen is currently unsolved experimentally. Here we present a homology model of the extracellular portion of the THSD7A antigen. The structure was evaluated for folding patterns, epitope site prediction, and function was predicted. Results show that this protein contains 21 extracellular domains and with the exception of the first two domains, has a regular repeating pattern of TSP-1-like followed by F-spondin-like domains. Our results indicate the presence of a novel Trp-ladder sequence of WxxxxW in the TSP-1-like domains. Of the 21 domains, 18 were shown to have epitope binding sites as predicted by epitopia. Several of the F-spondin-like domains have insertions in the canonical TSP fold, most notably the coiled coil region in domain 4, which may be utilized in protein-protein binding interactions, suggesting that this protein functions as a heparan sulfate binding site.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Chemistry, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Chemistry, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Nephrology Section, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Balasubramanian N, Varatharaju G, Shanmugaiah V, Balakrishnan K, Thirunarayan MA. Molecular Cloning and Docking of speB Gene Encoding Cysteine Protease With Antibiotic Interaction in Streptococcus pyogenes NBMKU12 From the Clinical Isolates. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1658. [PMID: 30131773 PMCID: PMC6091236 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Streptococcus pyogenes causes a variety of diseases ranging from mild diseases to severe invasive infections which result in significant morbidity and mortality. This study focuses on the antibiotic resistance of S. pyogenes and their interaction with cysteine protease. Around 36 beta-hemolytic isolates were collected from the clinical lab, of which seven isolates (19.4%) were identified as Streptococcus pyogenes. One of the seven isolates was collected from a urinary tract infection, which was identified by antibody agglutination and MALTI-TOF-MS, and it is designated as S. pyogenes NBMKU12. Around 8.3 to 66.6 % of the isolates were found to be resistant to one or more antimicrobial agents, especially, penicillin-G resistance was exhibited by 29.1% of the isolates. In the NBMKU12 isolate, the beta lactem (TEM) gene was detected among the 13 antibiotic genes for which it was tested. Furthermore, when analysis for presence of 13 virulence genes were carried out in NBMKU12 isolate, only speJ and speB were detected. The speB (streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B) encoding cysteine protease gene was cloned. This was followed by performing DNA sequencing to understand the putative cysteine protease interaction with antibiotics, inhibitors, and substrate. The speB gene consists of 1197 nucleotides and encodes a protein with multiple domains, including a signal peptide (aa 1-22), an inhibitor region (aa 27-156), and a catalytic cysteine domain (aa 160-367). The signal peptide cleavage site is predicted between Ala22 and Asn23. The putative 398 amino acid residues were found to have a theoretical pI of 8.76 and a molecular mass of 43,204.36 Da. The tested culture supernatants of NBMKU12 isolate exhibited the proteolytic activity against casein, papaya and pineapple used as substrates. The proteolytic activity suggests the expression of speB gene. Molecular docking analysis of cysteine protease showed that erythromycin (bond length 2.41 Å), followed by chloramphenicol (2.51 Å), exhibited a strong interaction; while penicillin-G (3.24 Å) exhibited a weak interaction, and this factor could be considered as a cause for penicillin-G resistance. The present study contributes to a better understanding of speB gene encoding cysteine protease, antibiotic resistance, and their interaction in the isolate, S. pyogenes NBMKU12. The antibiotics and cysteine protease interaction study confirms the resistance or sensitivity of S. pyogenes. Hence, it could be hypothesized that the isolate NBMKU12 is resistant to most of the tested antibiotics, and this resistance might be a cause for mutation.
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- Natesan Balasubramanian
- Department of Immunology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
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- Department of Microbial Technology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
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- Department of Microbial Technology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
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- Department of Immunology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
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Kwofie SK, Dankwa B, Odame EA, Agamah FE, Doe LPA, Teye J, Agyapong O, Miller WA, Mosi L, Wilson MD. In Silico Screening of Isocitrate Lyase for Novel Anti-Buruli Ulcer Natural Products Originating from Africa. Molecules 2018; 23:E1550. [PMID: 29954088 PMCID: PMC6100440 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23071550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 06/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Buruli ulcer (BU) is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is predominant in both tropical and subtropical regions. The neglected debilitating disease is characterized by chronic necrotizing skin lesions attributed to a mycolactone, which is a macrolide toxin secreted by M. ulcerans. The preferred treatment is surgical excision of the lesions followed by a prolonged combination antibiotic therapy using existing drugs such as rifampicin and streptomycin or clarithromycin. These antibiotics appear not to be adequately potent and efficacious against persistent and late stage ulcers. In addition, emerging drug resistance to treatment poses great challenges. There is a need to identify novel natural product-derived lead compounds, which are potent and efficacious for the treatment of Buruli ulcer. Natural products present a rich diversity of chemical compounds with proven activity against various infectious diseases, and therefore, are considered in this study. This study sought to computationally predict natural product-derived lead compounds with the potential to be developed further into potent drugs with better therapeutic efficacy than the existing anti-buruli ulcer compounds. The three-dimensional (3D) structure of Isocitrate lyase (ICL) of Mycobacterium ulcerans was generated using homology modeling and was further scrutinized with molecular dynamics simulations. A library consisting of 885 compounds retrieved from the AfroDb database was virtually screened against the validated ICL model using AutoDock Vina. AfroDb is a compendium of “drug-like” and structurally diverse 3D structures of natural products originating from different geographical regions in Africa. The molecular docking with the ICL model was validated by computing a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve with a reasonably good Area Under the Curve (AUC) value of 0.89375. Twenty hit compounds, which docked firmly within the active site pocket of the ICL receptor, were assessed via in silico bioactivity and pharmacological profiling. The three compounds, which emerged as potential novel leads, comprise ZINC38143792 (Euscaphic acid), ZINC95485880, and ZINC95486305 with reasonable binding energies (high affinity) of −8.6, −8.6, and −8.8 kcal/mol, respectively. Euscaphic acid has been reported to show minimal inhibition against a drug-sensitive strain of M. tuberculosis. The other two leads were both predicted to possess dermatological activity while one was antibacterial. The leads have shown promising results pertaining to efficacy, toxicity, pharmacokinetic, and safety. These leads can be experimentally characterized to assess their anti-mycobacterial activity and their scaffolds may serve as rich skeletons for developing anti-buruli ulcer drugs.
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- Samuel K Kwofie
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, West African Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
- Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences (CHS), University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
- Department of Chemistry & Physics, College of Science and Technology, Lincoln University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, West African Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences (CHS), University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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Kumar S, Hedrick V, Mattoo S. YopT domain of the PfhB2 toxin from Pasteurella multocida: protein expression, characterization, crystallization and crystallographic analysis. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2018; 74:128-134. [PMID: 29497015 PMCID: PMC5947697 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x18000857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Pasteurella multocida causes respiratory-tract infections in a broad range of animals, as well as opportunistic infections in humans. P. multocida secretes a multidomain toxin called PfhB2, which contains a YopT-like cysteine protease domain at its C-terminus. The YopT domain of PfhB2 contains a well conserved Cys-His-Asp catalytic triad that defines YopT family members, and shares high sequence similarity with the prototype YopT from Yersinia sp. To date, only one crystal structure of a YopT family member has been reported; however, additional structural information is needed to help characterize the varied substrate specificity and enzymatic action of this large protease family. Here, a catalytically inactive C3733S mutant of PfhB2 YopT that provides enhanced protein stability was used with the aim of gaining structural insight into the diversity within the YopT protein family. To this end, the C3733S mutant of PfhB2 YopT has been successfully cloned, overexpressed, purified and crystallized. Diffraction data sets were collected from native crystals to 3.5 Å resolution and a single-wavelength anomalous data set was collected from an iodide-derivative crystal to 3.2 Å resolution. Data pertaining to crystals belonging to space group P31, with unit-cell parameters a = 136.9, b = 136.9, c = 74.7 Å for the native crystals and a = 139.2, b = 139.2, c = 74.7 Å for the iodide-derivative crystals, are discussed.
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- Sanjeev Kumar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Bindley Biosciences Center, Purdue University, 1203 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Hade MD, Kaur J, Chakraborti PK, Dikshit KL. Multidomain truncated hemoglobins: New members of the globin family exhibiting tandem repeats of globin units and domain fusion. IUBMB Life 2017; 69:479-488. [PMID: 28394017 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Truncated hemoglobins (trHbs) are considered the most primitive members of globin superfamily and traditionally exist as a single domain heme protein in three distinct structural organizations, type I (trHb1_N), type II (trHb2_O) and type III (trHb3_P). Our search of microbial and lower eukaryotic genomes revealed a broad array of multidomain organization, representing multiunit and chimeric forms of trHbs, where multiple units of trHbs are joined together and/or integrated with distinct functional domains. Globin motifs of these multidomain trHbs were from all three groups of trHbs and unambiguously assigned to trHb1_N, trHb2_O and trHb3_P. Multiunit and chimeric forms of trHb1_N were identified exclusively in ciliated protozoan parasites, where multiple units of trHb are integrated in tandem and/or fused with another redox active or signalling domain, presenting an interesting example of gene duplication and fusion in lower eukaryotes. In contrast, trHb2_O and trHb3_P trHbs were found only in bacteria in two or multidomain organization, where amino or carboxy terminus of trHb unit is integrated with different redox-active or oxidoreductase domains. The identification of these new multiunit and chimeric trHbs and their specific phyletic distribution presents an interesting and challenging finding to explore and understand complex functionalities of these novel multidomain trHbs. © 2017 IUBMB Life, 69(7):479-488, 2017.
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- Mangesh Dattu Hade
- Department of Biotechnology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.,CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh, 160036, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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Grasso EJ, Sottile AE, Coronel CE. Structural Prediction and In Silico Physicochemical Characterization for Mouse Caltrin I and Bovine Caltrin Proteins. Bioinform Biol Insights 2016; 10:225-236. [PMID: 27812283 PMCID: PMC5087620 DOI: 10.4137/bbi.s38191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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It is known that caltrin (calcium transport inhibitor) protein binds to sperm cells during ejaculation and inhibits extracellular Ca2+ uptake. Although the sequence and some biological features of mouse caltrin I and bovine caltrin are known, their physicochemical properties and tertiary structure are mainly unknown. We predicted the 3D structures of mouse caltrin I and bovine caltrin by molecular homology modeling and threading. Surface electrostatic potentials and electric fields were calculated using the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Several different bioinformatics tools and available web servers were used to thoroughly analyze the physicochemical characteristics of both proteins, such as their Kyte and Doolittle hydropathy scores and helical wheel projections. The results presented in this work significantly aid further understanding of the molecular mechanisms of caltrin proteins modulating physiological processes associated with fertilization.
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- Ernesto J. Grasso
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT) CONICET–Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, and Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (ICTA), Cátedra de Química Biológica, Departamento de Química Industrial y Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT) CONICET–Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, and Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (ICTA), Cátedra de Química Biológica, Departamento de Química Industrial y Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT) CONICET–Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, and Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (ICTA), Cátedra de Química Biológica, Departamento de Química Industrial y Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Córdoba, Argentina
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Lockhat HA, Silva JRA, Alves CN, Govender T, Lameira J, Maguire GEM, Sayed Y, Kruger HG. Binding Free Energy Calculations of Nine FDA-approved Protease Inhibitors Against HIV-1 Subtype C I36T↑T Containing 100 Amino Acids Per Monomer. Chem Biol Drug Des 2016; 87:487-98. [PMID: 26613568 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Revised: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this work, have investigated the binding affinities of nine FDA-approved protease inhibitor drugs against a new HIV-1 subtype C mutated protease, I36T↑T. Without an X-ray crystal structure, homology modelling was used to generate a three-dimensional model of the protease. This and the inhibitor models were employed to generate the inhibitor/I36T↑T complexes, with the relative positions of the inhibitors being superimposed and aligned using the X-ray crystal structures of the inhibitors/HIV-1 subtype B complexes as a reference. Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out on the complexes to calculate the average binding free energies for each inhibitor using the molecular mechanics generalized Born surface area (MM-GBSA) method. When compared to the binding free energies of the HIV-1 subtype B and subtype C proteases (calculated previously by our group using the same method), it was clear that the I36T↑T proteases mutations and insertion had a significant negative effect on the binding energies of the non-pepditic inhibitors nelfinavir, darunavir and tipranavir. On the other hand, ritonavir, amprenavir and indinavir show improved calculated binding energies in comparison with the corresponding data for wild-type C-SA protease. The computational model used in this study can be used to investigate new mutations of the HIV protease and help in establishing effective HIV drug regimes and may also aid in future protease drug design.
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- Husain A Lockhat
- Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa
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- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Pará, CP 11101, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Pará, CP 11101, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa
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- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Pará, CP 11101, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa.,School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa
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- Protein Structure-Function Research Unit, School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, 2050, South Africa
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- Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa
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Hasan MA, Khan MA, Sharmin T, Hasan Mazumder MH, Chowdhury AS. Identification of putative drug targets in Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) using computer aided protein data analysis. Gene 2016; 575:132-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Computational Analysis and Binding Site Identification of Type III Secretion System ATPase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Interdiscip Sci 2015; 8:403-411. [DOI: 10.1007/s12539-015-0121-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Sánchez-Guerrero E, Hernández-Campos ME, Correa-Basurto J, López-Sánchez P, Tolentino-López LE. Three-dimensional structure and molecular dynamics studies of prorrenin/renin receptor: description of the active site. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2015; 11:2520-8. [PMID: 26177886 DOI: 10.1039/c5mb00342c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The recent finding of a specific receptor for prorrenin/renin (PRR) has brought new insights into the physiology of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. No undoubtable role has been described for this receptor so far. Its role seems to be important in chronic illnesses such as hypertension, possibly participating in the cardiovascular remodeling process, and diabetes where participation in inflammation development has been described. It is not possible, however, to explore the PRR function using classical pharmacological approaches due to the lack of specific agonists or antagonists. Two synthetic peptides have been described to accomplish these roles, but no conclusive data have been provided. There are no X-ray crystallography studies available to describe the structure and potential sites for drug development. So, the aim of this work was to model and theoretically describe the PRR. We describe and characterize the whole receptor protein, its spatial conformation and the potential interactions of PRR with the synthetic peptides available, describing the amino acid residues responsible for these interactions. This information provides the basis for directed development of drugs, seeking to agonize or antagonize PRR activity and study its function in health and ill stages.
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- E Sánchez-Guerrero
- Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina del IPN, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Casco de Santo Tomás, México D.F. 11340, Mexico
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Islam MS, Shahik SM, Sohel M, Patwary NIA, Hasan MA. In Silico Structural and Functional Annotation of Hypothetical Proteins of Vibrio cholerae O139. Genomics Inform 2015; 13:53-9. [PMID: 26175663 PMCID: PMC4500799 DOI: 10.5808/gi.2015.13.2.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In developing countries threat of cholera is a significant health concern whenever water purification and sewage disposal systems are inadequate. Vibrio cholerae is one of the responsible bacteria involved in cholera disease. The complete genome sequence of V. cholerae deciphers the presence of various genes and hypothetical proteins whose function are not yet understood. Hence analyzing and annotating the structure and function of hypothetical proteins is important for understanding the V. cholerae. V. cholerae O139 is the most common and pathogenic bacterial strain among various V. cholerae strains. In this study sequence of six hypothetical proteins of V. cholerae O139 has been annotated from NCBI. Various computational tools and databases have been used to determine domain family, protein-protein interaction, solubility of protein, ligand binding sites etc. The three dimensional structure of two proteins were modeled and their ligand binding sites were identified. We have found domains and families of only one protein. The analysis revealed that these proteins might have antibiotic resistance activity, DNA breaking-rejoining activity, integrase enzyme activity, restriction endonuclease, etc. Structural prediction of these proteins and detection of binding sites from this study would indicate a potential target aiding docking studies for therapeutic designing against cholera.
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- Md Saiful Islam
- Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
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Hasan MA, Mazumder MHH, Chowdhury AS, Datta A, Khan MA. Molecular-docking study of malaria drug target enzyme transketolase in Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 portends the novel approach to its treatment. SOURCE CODE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2015; 10:7. [PMID: 26089981 PMCID: PMC4472393 DOI: 10.1186/s13029-015-0037-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Malaria has been a major life threatening mosquito borne disease from long since. Unavailability of any effective vaccine and recent emergence of multi drug resistant strains of malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum continues to cause persistent deaths in the tropical and sub-tropical region. As a result, demands for new targets for more effective anti-malarial drugs are escalating. Transketolase is an enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway; a novel pathway which is involved in energy generation and nucleic acid synthesis. Moreover, significant difference in homology between Plasmodium falciparum transketolase (Pftk) and human (Homo sapiens) transketolase makes it a suitable candidate for drug therapy. Our present study is aimed to predict the 3D structure of Plasmodium falciparum transketolase and design an inhibitor against it. RESULTS The primary and secondary structural features of the protein is calculated by ProtParam and SOPMA respectively which revealed the protein is composed of 43.3 % alpha helix and 33.04 % random coils along with 15.62 % extended strands, 8.04 % beta turns. The three dimensional structure of the transketolase is constructed using homology modeling tool MODELLAR utilizing several available transketolase structures as templates. The structure is then subjected to deep optimization and validated by structure validation tools PROCHECK, VERIFY 3D, ERRAT, QMEAN. The predicted model scored 0.74 for global model reliability in PROCHECK analysis, which ensures the quality of the model. According to VERIFY 3D the predicted model scored 0.77 which determines good environmental profile along with ERRAT score of 78.313 which is below 95 % rejection limit. Protein-protein and residue-residue interaction networks are generated by STRING and RING server respectively. CASTp server was used to analyze active sites and His 109, Asn 108 and His 515 are found to be more positive site to dock the substrate, in addition molecular docking simulation with Autodock vina determined the estimated free energy of molecular binding was of -6.6 kcal/mol for most favorable binding of 6'-Methyl-Thiamin Diphosphate. CONCLUSION This predicted structure of Pftk will serve first hand in the future development of effective Pftk inhibitors with potential anti-malarial activity. However, this is a preliminary study of designing an inhibitor against Plasmodium falciparum 3D7; the results await justification by in vitro and in vivo experimentations.
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- Md. Anayet Hasan
- />Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331 Bangladesh
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- />Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331 Bangladesh
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- />Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331 Bangladesh
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- />Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331 Bangladesh
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- />Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail, 1902 Bangladesh
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Islam MS, Patwary NIA, Muzahid NH, Shahik SM, Sohel M, Hasan MA. A Systematic Study on Structure and Function of ATPase of Wuchereria bancrofti. Toxicol Int 2015; 21:269-74. [PMID: 25948965 PMCID: PMC4413409 DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.155357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Analyzing the structures and functions of different proteins of Wuchereria bancrofti is very important because till date no effective drug or vaccine has been discovered to treat lymphatic filariasis (LF). ATPase is one of the most important proteins of Wuchereria bancrofti. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) converts into adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and a free phosphate ion by the action of these ATPase enzymes. Energy releases from these dephosphorylation reactions drive the other chemical reactions in the cell. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study we worked on the protein ATPase of Wuchereria bancrofti which has been annotated from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Various computational tools and databases have been used to determine the various characteristics of that enzyme such as physiochemical properties, secondary structure, three-dimensional (3D) structure, conserved domain, epitope, and their molecular evolutionary relationship. RESULT Subcellular localization of ATPase was identified and we have found that 55.5% are localized in the cytoplasm. Secondary and 3D structure of this protein was also predicted. Both structure and function analysis of ATPase of Wuchereria bancrofti showed unique nonhomologous epitope sites and nonhomologous antigenicity sites. Moreover, it resulted in 15 ligand drug-binding sites in its tertiary structure. CONCLUSION Structure prediction of these proteins and detection of binding sites and antigenicity sites from this study would indicate a potential target aiding docking studies for therapeutic designing against filariasis.
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- Md Saiful Islam
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong - 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong - 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong - 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong - 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong - 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong - 4331, Bangladesh
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A comprehensive immunoinformatics and target site study revealed the corner-stone toward Chikungunya virus treatment. Mol Immunol 2015; 65:189-204. [PMID: 25682054 PMCID: PMC7172456 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Recent concerning facts of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV); a Togaviridae family alphavirus has proved this as a worldwide emerging threat which causes Chikungunya fever and devitalizing arthritis. Despite severe outbreaks and lack of antiviral drug, a mere progress has been made regarding to an epitope-based vaccine designed for CHIKV. In this study, we aimed to design an epitope-based vaccine that can trigger a significant immune response as well as to prognosticate inhibitor that can bind with potential drug target sites by using various immunoinformatics and docking simulation tools. Initially, whole proteome of CHIKV was retrieved from database and perused to identify the most immunogenic protein. Structural properties of the selected protein were analyzed. The capacity to induce both humoral and cell-mediated immunity by T cell and B cell were checked for the selected protein. The peptide region spanning 9 amino acids from 397 to 405 and the sequence YYYELYPTM were found as the most potential B cell and T cell epitopes respectively. This peptide could interact with as many as 19 HLAs and showed high population coverage ranging from 69.50% to 84.94%. By using in silico docking techniques the epitope was further assessed for binding against HLA molecules to verify the binding cleft interaction. In addition with this, the allergenicity of the epitopes was also evaluated. In the post therapeutic strategy, three dimensional structure was predicted along with validation and verification that resulted in molecular docking study to identify the potential drug binding sites and suitable therapeutic inhibitor against targeted protein. Finally, pharmacophore study was also performed in quest of seeing potent drug activity. However, this computational epitope-based peptide vaccine designing and target site prediction against CHIKV opens up a new horizon which may be the prospective way in Chikungunya virus research; the results require validation by in vitro and in vivo experiments.
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Hasan A, Mazumder HH, Khan A, Hossain MU, Chowdhury HK. Molecular Characterization of Legionellosis Drug Target Candidate Enzyme Phosphoglucosamine Mutase from Legionella pneumophila (strain Paris): An In Silico Approach. Genomics Inform 2014; 12:268-75. [PMID: 25705169 PMCID: PMC4330265 DOI: 10.5808/gi.2014.12.4.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The harshness of legionellosis differs from mild Pontiac fever to potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease. The increasing development of drug resistance against legionellosis has led to explore new novel drug targets. It has been found that phosphoglucosamine mutase, phosphomannomutase, and phosphoglyceromutase enzymes can be used as the most probable therapeutic drug targets through extensive data mining. Phosphoglucosamine mutase is involved in amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism. The purpose of this study was to predict the potential target of that specific drug. For this, the 3D structure of phosphoglucosamine mutase of Legionella pneumophila (strain Paris) was determined by means of homology modeling through Phyre2 and refined by ModRefiner. Then, the designed model was evaluated with a structure validation program, for instance, PROCHECK, ERRAT, Verify3D, and QMEAN, for further structural analysis. Secondary structural features were determined through self-optimized prediction method with alignment (SOPMA) and interacting networks by STRING. Consequently, we performed molecular docking studies. The analytical result of PROCHECK showed that 95.0% of the residues are in the most favored region, 4.50% are in the additional allowed region and 0.50% are in the generously allowed region of the Ramachandran plot. Verify3D graph value indicates a score of 0.71 and 89.791, 1.11 for ERRAT and QMEAN respectively. Arg419, Thr414, Ser412, and Thr9 were found to dock the substrate for the most favorable binding of S-mercaptocysteine. However, these findings from this current study will pave the way for further extensive investigation of this enzyme in wet lab experiments and in that way assist drug design against legionellosis.
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- Anayet Hasan
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail 1902, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail 1902, Bangladesh
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
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