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Molecular dynamics simulations reveal structural differences among wild-type NPC1 protein and its mutant forms.

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:NPC1 is a 25-exon gene located on the long arm of chromosome 18q11.2 and encodes NPC1, a transmembrane protein comprising 1278 amino acid residues. Mutations in the NPC1 gene can cause Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C), a rare autosomal-recessive neurovisceral disease. We assessed mutant protein folding using computer-based molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and molecular docking of the three most common NPC1 mutations, all of which result in changes in a cysteine-rich luminal loop region of the protein: a) I1061T is the most commonly detected variant in patients with NP-C worldwide; b) P1007A is the second most common variant, frequently detected in Portuguese, British and German patients; c) G992W occurs most often in patients of Acadian descent. Analyses of molecular structural information and related cellular physiological processes revealed that mutant NPC1 proteins exhibited altered function despite being far from the N-terminal domain cholesterol binding. MD simulations revealed that mutant I1061T protein shows remarkable instability in comparison the WT and also de other mutants, and interestingly this mutant has been identified as the most common variant. In the case of the mutant P1007A, it is presumed that this substitution promotes larger structural changes than proline due to their greater hydrophobic properties.Structural changes related to the G992W mutation may affect the physicochemical space of G992W variant protein because tryptophan induces hydrophobic interactions. Cholesterol docking studies focused on binding recognition showed differences in the binding positions of variants versus the wild-type protein that go some way to explaining the molecular pathogenesis.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

journal_name

J Biomol Struct Dyn

journal_title

Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors

Martínez-Archundia M,Hernández Mojica TG,Correa-Basurto J,Montaño S,Camacho-Molina A

doi

10.1080/07391102.2019.1664324

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-01 00:00:00

pages

3527-3532

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eissn

0739-1102

issn

1538-0254

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Molecular dynamics simulations reveal structural differences among wild-type NPC1 protein and its mutant forms.