Abstract:
:Flap motif and its dynamics were extensively reported in aspartate proteases, e.g. HIV proteases and plasmepsins. Herein, we report the first account of flap dynamics amongst different conformations of β-secretase using molecular dynamics simulation. Various parameters were proposed and a selected few were picked which could appropriately describe the flap motion. Three systems were studied, namely Free (BACEFree) and two ligand-bound conformations, which belonged to space groups P6122 (BACEBound1) and C2221 (BACEBound2), respectively and four parameters (distance between the flaps tip residue, Thr72 and Ser325, d1; dihedral angle, ϕ (Thr72-Asp32-Asp228-Ser325); TriCα angles, θ1 (Thr72-Asp32-Ser325), and θ2 (Thr72-Asp228-Ser325)) were proposed to understand the change in dynamics of flap domain and the extent of flap opening and closing. Analysis of, θ2, d1, θ1 and ϕ confirmed that the BACEFree adopted semi-open, open and closed conformations with slight twisting during flap opening. However, BACEBound1 (P6122) showed an adaptation to open conformation due to lack of hydrogen bond interaction between the ligand and flap tip residue. A slight flap twisting, ϕ (lateral twisting) was observed for BACEBound1 during flap opening which correlates with the opening of BACEFree. Contradictory to the BACEBound1, the BACEBound2 locked the flap in a closed conformation throughout the simulation due to formation of a stable hydrogen bond interaction between the flap tip residue and ligand. Analyses of all three systems highlight that d1, θ2 and ϕ can be precisely used to describe the extent of flap opening and closing concurrently with snapshots along the molecular dynamics trajectory across several conformations of β-secretase.
journal_name
J Biomol Struct Dynjournal_title
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamicsauthors
Kumalo HM,Bhakat S,Soliman MEdoi
10.1080/07391102.2015.1064831subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-05-01 00:00:00pages
1008-19issue
5eissn
0739-1102issn
1538-0254journal_volume
34pub_type
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