To explore the closing mechanism of the substrate pocket,we perform a 16,000 ps molecular dynamics simulation separately on the ligand-free and actinonin-bound peptide deformylase from Leptospira interrogans.Our resul...To explore the closing mechanism of the substrate pocket,we perform a 16,000 ps molecular dynamics simulation separately on the ligand-free and actinonin-bound peptide deformylase from Leptospira interrogans.Our results show that the CD-loop, hydrophilic inhibitor and hydrophobic cluster are necessary for the formation of semi-open conformation,and Tyr71 plays an important role in mediating the movements of CD-loop.The average MD structure of the actinonin-bound LiPDF complex approaches to the crystal structure.These are consistent with experiment very well.展开更多
基金supports of the National Key Basic Research Priorities Program(No.2003CCA027)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20573064).
文摘To explore the closing mechanism of the substrate pocket,we perform a 16,000 ps molecular dynamics simulation separately on the ligand-free and actinonin-bound peptide deformylase from Leptospira interrogans.Our results show that the CD-loop, hydrophilic inhibitor and hydrophobic cluster are necessary for the formation of semi-open conformation,and Tyr71 plays an important role in mediating the movements of CD-loop.The average MD structure of the actinonin-bound LiPDF complex approaches to the crystal structure.These are consistent with experiment very well.
