期刊
PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
卷 76, 期 4, 页码 1007-1019出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22439
关键词
self-guided Langevin dynamics; allostery; conformational transitions; NtrC
资金
- NHLBI [Z01 HL001050]
- NIH [R01 GM061597]
Multiple self-guided Langevin dynamics (SGLD) simulations were performed to examine structural and dynamical properties of the receiver domain of nitrogen regulatory protein C (NtrC(r)). SGLD and MD simulations of the phosphorylated active form structure suggest a mostly stable but broad structural ensemble of this protein. The finite difference Poisson-Boltzmann calculations of the pK(a) values of the active site residues suggest an increase in the pK(a) of His-84 on phosphorylation of Asp-54. In SGLD simulations of the phosphorylated active form with charged His-84, the average position of the regulatory helix alpha 4 is found closer to the starting structure than in simulations with the neutral His-84. To model the transition pathway, the phosphate group was removed from the simulations. After 7 ns of simulations, the regulatory helix at alpha 4 was found approximately halfway between positions in the NMR structures of the active and inactive forms. Removal of the phosphate group stimulated loss of helix alpha 4, suggesting that the pathway of conformational transition may involve partial unfolding mechanism. The study illustrates the potential utility of the SGLD method in studies of the coupling between ligand binding and conformational transitions.
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