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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
The dynamics of HIV-1 protease, both in unliganded and substrate-bound forms have been analyzed by using an analytical method, Gaussian network model (GNM). The method is applied to different conformations accessible to the protein backbone in the native state, observed in crystal structures and snapshots from fully atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulation trajectories. The modes of motion obtained from GNM on different conformations of HIV-1 protease are conserved throughout the MD simulations. The flaps and 40's loop of the unliganded HIV-1 protease structure are identified as the most mobile regions. However, in the liganded structure these flaps lose mobility, and terminal regions of the monomers become more flexible. Analysis of the fast modes shows that residues important for stability are in the same regions of all the structures examined. Among these, Gly86 appears to be a key residue for stability. The contribution of residues in the active site region and flaps to the stability is more pronounced in the substrate-bound form than in the unliganded form. The convergence of modes in GNM to similar regions of HIV-1 protease, regardless of the conformation of the protein, supports the robustness of GNM as a potentially useful and predictive tool.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1097-0134
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
409-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Cooperative fluctuations of unliganded and substrate-bound HIV-1 protease: a structure-based analysis on a variety of conformations from crystallography and molecular dynamics simulations.
pubmed:affiliation
Polymer Research Center and Chemical Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't