Homology modeling, molecular dynamics and QM/MM study of the regulatory protein PhoP from Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.

Abstract:

:Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a facultatively intracellular Gram-positive bacterium that causes caseous lymphadenitis, principally in sheep and goats, though sometimes in other species of animals, leading to considerable economic losses. This pathogen has a TCS known as PhoPR, which consists of a sensory histidine kinase protein (PhoR) and an intracellular response regulator protein (PhoP). This system is involved in the regulation of proteins present in various processes, including virulence. The regulation is activated by PhoP protein phosphorylation, an event that requires a magnesium (Mg(2+)) ion. Here we describe the 3D structure of the regulatory response protein (PhoP) of C. pseudotuberculosis through molecular modeling by homology. The model generated provides the first structural information on a full-length member of the OmpR/PhoP subfamily. Classical molecular dynamics was used to investigate the stability of the model. In addition, we used quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical techniques to perform (internal, potential) energy optimizations to determine the interaction energy between the Mg(2+) ion and the structure of the PhoP protein. Analysis of the interaction energy residue by residue shows that Asp-16 and Asp-59 play an important role in the protein-Mg(2+) ion interactions. These results may be useful for the future development of a new vaccine against tuberculosis based on genetic attenuation via a point mutation that results in the polar residue Asp-16 and/or Asp-59 being replaced with a nonpolar residue in the DNA-binding domain of PhoP of C. pseudotuberculosis.

journal_name

J Mol Model

authors

Moraes G,Azevedo V,Costa M,Miyoshi A,Silva A,da Silva V,de Oliveira D,Teixeira MF,Lameira J,Alves CN

doi

10.1007/s00894-011-1145-x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-03-01 00:00:00

pages

1219-27

issue

3

eissn

1610-2940

issn

0948-5023

journal_volume

18

pub_type

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