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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 356, Issue 1, Pages 237-247Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.10.064
Keywords
yeast chorismate mutase; allosteric mechanism; normal mode analysis; targeted molecular dynamics
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM06920] Funding Source: Medline
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The effector-regulated allosteric mechanism of yeast chorismate mutase (YCM) was studied by normal mode analysis and targeted molecular dynamics. The normal mode analysis shows that the conformational change between YCM in the R state and in the T state can be represented by a relatively small number of low-frequency modes. This suggests that the transition is coded in the structure and is likely to have a low energetic barrier. Quantitative comparisons (i.e. frequencies) between the low-frequency modes of YCM with and without effectors (modeled structures) reveal that the binding of Trp increases the global flexibility whereas Tyr decreases global flexibility The targeted molecular dynamics simulation of substrate analog release from the YCM active site suggests that a series of residues are critical for orienting and recruiting the substrate. The simulation led to the switching of a series of subs trate-release-coupled salt-bridge partners in the ligand-binding domain; similar changes occur in the transition between YCM R-state and T-state crystal structures. Thus, the normal mode analysis and targeted molecular dynamics results provide evidence that the effectors regulate YCM activity by influencing the global flexibility. The change in flexibility is coupled to the binding of substrate to the T state and release of the product from the R state, respectively. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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