Selvaraj Chandrabose, Bharathi Priya Ramanathan, Singh Sanjeev Kumar
Department of Bioinformatics, Computer Aided Drug Design and Molecular Modeling Lab, Science Block, Alagappa University , Karaikudi, Tamilnadu , India.
Cell Commun Adhes. 2014 Oct;21(5):257-65. doi: 10.3109/15419061.2014.927444. Epub 2014 Jun 30.
Bacillus anthracis is a pathogenic, Gram-positive bacterium which chiefly affects the livestock of animals and humans through acute disease anthrax. All around the globe this bio-threat organism damages millions of lives in every year and also most of the drugs were not responding properly in inhibition against this diseased pathogen. In recent development, phage therapy is considered as alternative solution to treat this serious infectious disease. In this study, we elucidated the binding of γ phage lysin plyG enzymes toward the SrtA along with its activator peptide LPXTG. Through protein-protein docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies, we showed the distinguished structure complementarity of SrtA and plyG complex. Especially, MD simulation relates strong and stable interaction occurs between the protein complex structures. These results suggest that additional experimental studies on our approach will lead to availability of better inhibitor against the SrtA.
炭疽芽孢杆菌是一种致病性革兰氏阳性细菌,主要通过急性炭疽病影响家畜和人类。在全球范围内,这种生物威胁性有机体每年都会损害数百万人的生命,而且大多数药物对这种致病病原体的抑制作用都不理想。在最近的研究进展中,噬菌体疗法被认为是治疗这种严重传染病的替代解决方案。在本研究中,我们阐明了γ噬菌体溶素plyG酶与SrtA及其激活肽LPXTG的结合。通过蛋白质-蛋白质对接和分子动力学模拟研究,我们展示了SrtA和plyG复合物显著的结构互补性。特别是,分子动力学模拟表明蛋白质复合物结构之间发生了强烈而稳定的相互作用。这些结果表明,对我们的方法进行更多的实验研究将有助于获得更好的SrtA抑制剂。