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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS
卷 39, 期 6, 页码 2199-2209出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1746693
关键词
Thrombin modulation; inter-exosite communication; anti-thrombin aptamer; molecular dynamics; molecular recognition
资金
- CINECA Supercomputing [ISCRA@CINECA, HP10C8CHST]
This study utilized molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the dynamic interactions of thrombin with aptamers TBA and HD22_27mer in binary/ternary complexes, revealing the mechanism of stabilization of these complexes in a crystal-free environment. The dynamics analysis indicated a communication between the exosites in different thrombin binding states, providing insights into the cooperativity of TBA/HD22_27mer binding experimentally detected.
Human alpha-thrombin (thrombin) is a multifunctional enzyme that plays a pivotal role in the coagulation pathway. Thrombin activity can be effectively modulated by G-quadruplex-based oligonucleotide aptamers that specifically interact with the two positively charged regions (exosites I and II) on the protein surface. Although insightful atomic-level snapshots of the recognition between thrombin and aptamers have been recently achieved through crystallographic analyses, some dynamic aspects of this interaction have not been fully characterized. We here report molecular dynamics simulations of thrombin in different association states: ligand-free and binary/ternary complexes with the aptamers TBA (at exosite I) and HD22_27mer (at exosite II). The simulations carried out on the binary and ternary complexes formed by thrombin with these aptamers provide a dynamic view of the interactions that stabilize them in a crystal-free environment. Interestingly, the analysis of the dynamics of the exosites in different thrombin binding states clearly indicates that the HD22_27mer binding at the exosite II favours conformations of exosite I that are prone to the TBA binding. Similar effects are observed upon the binding of TBA to the exosite I. These observations provide an atomic-level picture of the exosite inter-communication in thrombin and explain the experimentally detected cooperativity of the TBA/HD22_27mer binding.
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