期刊
MOLECULAR PHYSICS
卷 112, 期 12, 页码 1659-1669出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.857050
关键词
protonation state; binding free energy; HIV-1 protease; electrostatic polarisation effect
资金
- Shandong Province College Young Teacher Visiting Scholar Program
The protonation states of catalytic Asp25/25' residues remarkably affect the binding mechanism of the HIV-1 protease-inhibitor complex. Here we report a molecular dynamics simulation study, which includes electrostatic polarisation effect, to investigate the influence of Asp25/25' protonation states upon the binding free energy of the HIV-1 protease and a C-2-symmetric inhibitor. Good agreements are obtained on inhibitor structure, hydrogen bond network, and binding free energy between our theoretical calculations and the experimental data. The calculations show that the Asp25 residue is deprotonated, and the Asp25' residue is protonated. Our results reveal that the Asp25/25' residues can have different protonation states when binding to different inhibitors although the protease and the inhibitors have the same symmetry. This study offers some insights into understanding the protonation state of HIV-1 protease-inhibitor complex, which could be helpful in designing new inhibitor molecules.
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