Investigating the effects of point mutations on the affinity between the cyanobacterial lectin microvirin and high mannose-type glycans present on the HIV envelope glycoprotein.

Abstract:

:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections continue to exert an enormous impact on global human health. This led experts to emphasize the importance of new measures for preventing HIV infections, including the development of vaccines and novel drugs. In this context, a promising approach involves the use of lectins that can bind the surface envelope glycoprotein gp120 of HIV with high affinity, preventing viral entry. The cyanobacterial lectin microvirin (MVN) has been proposed as a candidate for development as a topical microbicide because of its ability to bind to high mannose-type glycans, potently inhibiting HIV-1 entry. Thus, the aim of this computational study was to investigate the effects of four point mutations (D53Q, D53E, D53K, and D53W) on the structure and affinity of MVN with di-mannose (MAN). Molecular dynamics simulations followed by binding free energy calculations using MM-GBSA were employed. The calculated binding free energy of ligand-receptor complexation of MVN with MAN was -26.02 kcal mol-1. We identified in the wild-type protein that residues I45, T59, and Q81 have a major contribution to the binding free energy of di-mannose. Among the investigated mutants, the most promising one was the D53W mutation, with a theoretical binding free energy value of -29.16 kcal mol-1. We suggest that this increased stability is due to the introduction of extra rigidity on the hinge region connecting two key structural elements of the MVN binding site.

journal_name

J Mol Model

authors

Conceição de Souza R,de Medeiros Muniz G,Siqueira AS,de Melo Lima A,da Silva AP,Gonçalves EC,da Silva Gonçalves Vianez Júnior JL

doi

10.1007/s00894-016-3137-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-11-01 00:00:00

pages

269

issue

11

eissn

1610-2940

issn

0948-5023

pii

10.1007/s00894-016-3137-3

journal_volume

22

pub_type

杂志文章
  • A three-dimensional model of the human transglutaminase 1: insights into the understanding of lamellar ichthyosis.

    abstract::The stratum corneum, the outer layer of the epidermis, serves as a protective barrier to isolate the skin from the external environment. Keratinocyte transglutaminase 1 (TGase 1) catalyzes amide crosslinking between glutamine and lysine residues on precursor proteins forming the impermeable layers of the epidermal cel...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-006-0144-9

    authors: Boeshans KM,Mueser TC,Ahvazi B

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Understanding the recognition mechanisms of Zα domain of human editing enzyme ADAR1 (hZα(ADAR1)) and various Z-DNAs from molecular dynamics simulation.

    abstract::The Z-DNA-binding domain of human double-stranded RNA adenosine deaminase I (hZαADAR1) can specifically recognize the left-handed Z-DNA which preferentially occurs at alternating purine-pyrimidine repeats, especially the CG-repeats. The interactions of hZαADAR1 and Z-DNAs in different sequence contexts can affect many...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-014-2500-5

    authors: Wang Q,Li L,Wang X,Liu H,Yao X

    更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00

  • Low-temperature dependence on the THz spectrum of CL-20/TNT energetic cocrystal by molecular dynamics simulations.

    abstract::Based on the unique advantages of terahertz (THz) spectrum on the detection of energetic cocrystals, the low-temperature dependent THz spectra of CL-20/TNT cocrystal were investigated by using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations from 5 to 296 K, as well as three different crystal faces, (001), (120), and (010). When t...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-019-4270-6

    authors: Shi L,Duan XH,Zhu LG,Pei CH

    更新日期:2020-01-11 00:00:00

  • Theoretical analysis of C-F bond cleavage mediated by cob[I]alamin-based structures.

    abstract::In the present work, C-F bond cleavage mediated by the super-reduced form of cobalamin (i.e., CoICbl) was theoretically studied at the ONIOM(BP86/6-311++G(d,p):PM6) + SMD level of theory. Dispersion effects were introduced by employing Grimme's empirical dispersion at the ONIOM(BP86-D/6-311++G(d,p):PM6) + SMD level. I...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-017-3431-8

    authors: Cortés-Arriagada D,Toro-Labbe A,Mora JR,Rincón L,Mereau R,Torres FJ

    更新日期:2017-08-17 00:00:00

  • Free energy calculation provides insight into the action mechanism of selective PARP-1 inhibitor.

    abstract::Selective poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1 inhibitor represents promising therapy against cancers with a good balance between efficacy and safety. Owing to the conserved structure between PARP-1 and PARP-2, most of the clinical and experimental drugs show equivalent inhibition against both targets. Most recently,...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-016-2952-x

    authors: Cao R

    更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00

  • Modeling the E. coli 4-hydroxybenzoic acid oligoprenyltransferase ( ubiA transferase) and characterization of potential active sites.

    abstract::4-hydroxybenzoate oligoprenyltransferase of E. coli, encoded in the gene ubiA, is an important key enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway to ubiquinone. It catalyzes the prenylation of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in position 3 using an oligoprenyl diphosphate as a second substrate. Up to now, no X-ray structure of this oligopre...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-004-0197-6

    authors: Bräuer L,Brandt W,Wessjohann LA

    更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00

  • Three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) studies of various benzodiazepine analogues of gamma-secretase inhibitors.

    abstract::A 3D QSAR analysis has been performed on a series of 67 benzodiazepine analogues reported as gamma-secretase inhibitors using molecular field analysis (MFA), with G/PLS to predict steric and electrostatic molecular field interaction for the activity. The MFA study was carried out using a training set of 54 compounds. ...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-008-0361-5

    authors: Sammi T,Silakari O,Ravikumar M

    更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00

  • Quantum chemical study of the isomerization of 24-methylenecycloartanol, a potential marker of olive oil refining.

    abstract::Quantum chemical calculations on the isomerization of 24-methylenecycloartanol are described. An energetically viable mechanism, with a rate-determining protonation step, is proposed. This rearrangement may find applicability in tests for determining if an olive oil has been refined. ...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-015-2652-y

    authors: Wedler HB,Pemberton RP,Lounnas V,Vriend G,Tantillo DJ,Wang SC

    更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00

  • Theoretical investigation of loratadine reactivity in order to understand its degradation properties: DFT and MD study.

    abstract::Antihistamines are frequently used pharmaceuticals that treat the symptoms of allergic reactions. Loratadine (LOR) is an active component of the second generation of selective antihistaminic pharmaceutical usually known as Claritin. Frequent usage of this type of pharmaceuticals imposes the need for understanding thei...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-016-3101-2

    authors: Armaković S,Armaković SJ,Abramović BF

    更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00

  • The mechanism and kinetics of decomposition of 5-aminotetrazole.

    abstract::The pathway and ab initio direct kinetics of the decomposition 5-aminotetrazole (5-ATZ) to HN(3) and NH(2)CN was investigated. Reactant, products and transition state were optimized with MP2 and B3LYP methods using 6-311G** and aug-cc-pVDZ basis sets. The intrinsic reaction coordinate curve of the reaction was calcula...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-008-0290-3

    authors: Zhang JG,Feng LN,Zhang SW,Zhang TL,Zheng HH

    更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00

  • Density functional theory analysis of selective adsorption of AsH3 on transition metal-doped graphene.

    abstract::The removal of AsH3 from synthesis gas is crucial to prevent methanol synthesis catalyst from poisoning. In this work, Ti-, Mn-, Fe-, Co-, Ni-, Cu-, and Ag-doped graphene were proposed and their adsorption capabilities for AsH3 and CO were investigated by DFT method. The optimized structures, adsorption energies, elec...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-019-3991-x

    authors: Li Y,Sun X,Zhou L,Ning P,Tang L

    更新日期:2019-05-04 00:00:00

  • Supramolecular synthon pattern in solid clioquinol and cloxiquine (APIs of antibacterial, antifungal, antiaging and antituberculosis drugs) studied by ³⁵Cl NQR, ¹H-¹⁷O and ¹H-¹⁴N NQDR and DFT/QTAIM.

    abstract::The quinolinol derivatives clioquinol (5-chloro-7-iodo-8-quinolinol, Quinoform) and cloxiquine (5-chloro-8-quinolinol) were studied experimentally in the solid state via ³⁵Cl NQR, ¹H-¹⁷O and ¹H-¹⁴N NQDR spectroscopies, and theoretically by density functional theory (DFT). The supramolecular synthon pattern of O-H···N ...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-010-0876-4

    authors: Latosińska JN,Latosińska M,Tomczak MA,Seliger J,Zagar V

    更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00

  • Molecular mechanism of the enhanced virulence of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus from D222G mutation in the hemagglutinin: a molecular modeling study.

    abstract::D222G mutation of the hemagglutinin (HA) is of special interest because of its close association with the enhanced virulence of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus through the increased binding affinity to α2,3-linked sialylated glycan receptors. However, there is still a lack of detailed understanding about the mo...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-012-1423-2

    authors: Pan D,Xue W,Wang X,Guo J,Liu H,Yao X

    更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00

  • Elimination of the azeotropic point of acetone and methanol by 1,3-dimethylimidazolium dimethylphosphate: an ab initio calculation study.

    abstract::1,3-Dimethylimidazolium dimethylphosphate ([C1mim][DMP]) was observed experimentally to be able to eliminate the atmospheric azeotropic point of acetone and methanol, which is an important azeotrope generally encountered in furfural production and the Fischer-Tropsch process. Here, we employed ab initio calculation to...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-017-3218-y

    authors: Yu G,Liu X,Zhang X,Chen X,Liu Z,Abdeltawab AA

    更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00

  • Bonding analysis of telluroketones H₂A = Te (A = C, Si, Ge).

    abstract::Quantum chemical calculations using density functional theory BP86/def2-TZVPP and ab initio methods at CCSD(T)/def2-TZVPP have been carried for the telluroketones H2A=Te (A = C, Si, Ge). DFT calculations have also been carried out for the ketones H2C=E (E = O, S, Se, Te) and for the complexes NHC → [H2A=Te] → B(C6F5)3...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-014-2433-z

    authors: Jaufeerally NB,Ramasami P,Jerabek P,Frenking G

    更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00

  • Quantum chemistry investigation on the reaction mechanism of the elemental mercury, chlorine, bromine and ozone system.

    abstract::Ab initio calculations were performed to study the quantum chemistry reactions mechanisms among Hg(0), elemental halogen and O3. The geometry of reactions, transition states (TS), intermediates (M) and products were optimized using the MP2 method at the SDD basis function level for Hg, and using 6-311++G (3df, 3pd) fo...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-015-2707-0

    authors: Gao Z,Lv S,Yang W,Yang P,Ji S,Meng X

    更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00

  • Competition between tetrel bond and pnicogen bond in complexes of TX3-ZX2 and NH3.

    abstract::The complexes formed between TX3-ZX2 (T = C, Si, Ge; Z = P, As, Sb; X = F, Cl) and NH3 were studied at the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ(PP) level. For each TX3-ZX2, two types of complex were obtained. For CX3-ZX2, NH3 is inclined to approach the σ-hole on the Z atom, forming a pnicogen bond. For TX3-ZX2 (T = Si and Ge), however, t...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-018-3732-6

    authors: Li Y,Xu Z

    更新日期:2018-08-20 00:00:00

  • Cyano or o-nitrophenyl? Which is the optimal electron-withdrawing group for the acrylic acid acceptor of D-π-A sensitizers in DSSCs? A density functional evaluation.

    abstract::We report a DFT, TDDFT and DFTB investigation of the performance of two donor-π-acceptor (D-π-A)-type organic dyes bearing different electron-withdrawing groups (EWG) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to evaluate which EWG is better for an acrylic acid acceptor, i.e., Cyano (-CN) or o-nitrophenyl (o-NO2-Ph). A se...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-012-1719-2

    authors: Zhang J,Kan YH,Li HB,Geng Y,Wu Y,Duan YA,Su ZM

    更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00

  • Structure and electronic properties of (+)-catechin: aqueous solvent effects.

    abstract::We report a study of the structure of (+)-catechin, which belongs to the family of the flavan-3-ols-one of the five most widely distributed phenolic groups. The biological activities and pharmaceutical utility of these compounds are related to antioxidant activity due to their ability to scavenge free radicals. A brea...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-014-2105-z

    authors: Bentz EN,Pomilio AB,Lobayan RM

    更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00

  • Molecular modeling of the effects of glycosylation on the structure and dynamics of human interferon-gamma.

    abstract::Natural hIFNγ is a glycoprotein with two N-glycosylation sites in each monomer chain, which are independently and differentially glycosylated. Although glycosylation is not necessary for the activity of the cytokine, it was proposed that it protects the cytokine from proteolytic degradation and thus extends its circul...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-019-4013-8

    authors: Lilkova E,Petkov P,Ilieva N,Krachmarova E,Nacheva G,Litov L

    更新日期:2019-04-25 00:00:00

  • An unusual feature of end-substituted model carbon (6,0) nanotubes.

    abstract::We have examined the effects of substituents on the computed electrostatic potentials V(S)(r) and average local ionization energies I(S)(r) on the surfaces of model carbon nanotubes of the types (5,5), (6,1) and (6,0). For the (5,5) and the (6,1), the effects upon both V(S)(r) and I(S)(r) of substituting a hydroxyl gr...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-005-0265-6

    authors: Politzer P,Murray JS,Lane P,Concha MC,Jin P,Peralta-Inga Z

    更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00

  • Theoretical study about the 5-azido-1H-tetrazole and its ion salts.

    abstract::Periodic DFT method has been firstly used to calculate the bulk structure, electronic structure, electrical transferring and thermodynamic properties of crystalline 5-azido-1H-tetrazole (HCN₇) and its four different salts. The anion CN₇(-) was included in all of the salts such as ammonium 5-azidotetrazolate ([NH₄](+)[...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-013-1788-x

    authors: Wang K,Zhang J,Shang J,Zhang T

    更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00

  • Theoretical investigations into the intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions of N-(hydroxymethyl)acetamide dimers.

    abstract::The structures of the N-(hydroxymethyl)acetamide (model molecule of ceramide) dimers have been fully optimized at B3LYP/6-311++G** level. The intermolecular hydrogen bonding interaction energies have been calculated using the B3LYP/6-311++G**, B3LYP/6-311++G(2df,2p), MP2(full)/6-311++G** and MP2(full)/6-311++G(2df,2p)...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-018-3672-1

    authors: Tang HF,Zhong H,Zhang LL,Gong MX,Song SQ,Tian QP

    更新日期:2018-05-31 00:00:00

  • Assessment of ten density functionals through the use of local hyper-softness to get insights about the catalytic activity : Iron-based organometallic compounds for ethylene polymerization as testing molecules.

    abstract::Ten functionals were used to assess their capability to compute a local reactivity descriptor coming from the Conceptual Density Functional Theory on a group of iron-based organometallic compounds that have been synthesized by Zohuri, G.H. et al. in 2010; these compounds bear the following substituent groups: H-, O2N-...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-017-3576-5

    authors: Martínez-Araya JI,Glossman-Mitnik D

    更新日期:2018-01-18 00:00:00

  • Hydrogen sequential dissociative chemisorption on Ni n(n = 2~9,13) clusters: comparison with Pt and Pd.

    abstract::Hydrogen dissociative chemisorption and desorption on small lowest energy Ni(n) clusters up to n=13 as a function of H coverage was studied using density functional theory. H adsorption on the clusters was found to be preferentially at edge sites followed by 3-fold hollow sites and on-top sites. The minimum energy pat...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-011-1059-7

    authors: Zhou C,Yao S,Zhang Q,Wu J,Yang M,Forrey RC,Cheng H

    更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00

  • First hyperpolarizability of cyclooctatetraene modulated by alkali and alkaline earth metals.

    abstract::In the present investigation, the first hyperpolarizability of alkali and alkaline earth metal derivatives of cyclooctatetraene (COT) has been calculated using BHHLYP and CAM-B3LYP functional for 6-311++G(d,p), 6-311++G(3df,3pd), and aug-pc 2 basis sets. Introduction of Na/K atoms at the axial position of COT and Li, ...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-017-3273-4

    authors: Roy RS,Mondal A,Nandi PK

    更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00

  • Does molecular docking reveal alternative chemopreventive mechanism of activation of oxidoreductase by sulforaphane isothiocyanates?

    abstract::Isothiocyanates (ITC) are well-known chemopreventive agents extracted from vegetables. This activity results from the activation of human oxidoreductase. In this letter, the uncompetitive activatory mechanism of ITC was investigated using docking and molecular dynamics simulations. This indicates that NAD(P)H:quinone ...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-009-0628-5

    authors: Mazur P,Magdziarz T,Bak A,Chilmonczyk Z,Kasprzycka-Guttman T,Misiewicz-Krzemińska I,Skupińska K,Polanski J

    更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00

  • Ligand binding to anti-cancer target CD44 investigated by molecular simulations.

    abstract::CD44 is a cell-surface glycoprotein and receptor for hyaluronan, one of the major components of the tumor extracellular matrix. There is evidence that the interaction between CD44 and hyaluronan promotes breast cancer metastasis. Recently, the molecule F-19848A was shown to inhibit hyaluronan binding to receptor CD44 ...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-016-3029-6

    authors: Nguyen TT,Tran DP,Pham Dinh Quoc Huy,Hoang Z,Carloni P,Van Pham P,Nguyen C,Li MS

    更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00

  • Ab initio and DFT conformational study on N-nitrosodiethylamine, (C2H5)2N-N=O.

    abstract::Ab initio (MP2) and DFT (B3LYP) calculations, using the cc-pVTZ and aug-cc-pVTZ basis sets, have been performed to characterize some stationary points on the ground state potential energy surface of the title molecules. Several properties as, for instance, relative energies, the barriers for NO rotation around the NN ...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-011-1079-3

    authors: do Monte SA,de Andrade RB,Ventura E,de Santana SR

    更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00

  • Theoretical study of absorption of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium cation (TEMPO) on TiO₂(110) rutile surface.

    abstract::We present a theoretical study of the adsorption of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium cation (TEMPO) onto the TiO₂(110) surface rutile, investigating its bonding nature, electron properties and structural stability. Based on the results obtained with the PBE0/def2-SVP method, natural bond orbital (NBO) analy...

    journal_title:Journal of molecular modeling

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1007/s00894-014-2149-0

    authors: Nieto-López I,Hernández-García L,Bonilla-Cruz J,Sanchez M

    更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00