Simpkins Bradley, Donohue Matthew P, Li Yumin
Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 27858.
Proteins. 2014 Dec;82(12):3327-34. doi: 10.1002/prot.24684. Epub 2014 Oct 1.
Multiple MD simulations were performed for the full-length wild-type A1, the full length A1 mutations S27E and S27A, as well as the N-terminal peptide (AMVSEFLKQAWFIDNEEQEYIKTVKGS²⁷KGGPGSAVSPYPTFN) of wild-type A1 and mutations S27E and S27A. The MD simulation trajectories of about 350 ns were generated and analyzed to examine the changes of core domain calcium binding affinity, core domain and N-terminal domain structures, and N-terminal domain orientation. Our results indicated that S27A and S27E mutations caused little changes on the calcium-binding affinity of the core domain of A1. However, the S27A mutation made the N-terminal domain of A1 less helical, and made the N-terminal domain migrate faster toward the core domain; these impacts on A1 are beneficial to the membrane aggregation process. On the contrary, the S27E mutation made the N-terminal domain of A1 more stable, and hindered the migration to the core domain; these changes on A1 are antagonistic for the membrane aggregation process. Our results using MD simulations provide an atomistic explanation for experimental observations that the S27E mutant showed a higher calcium concentration requirement and lower maximal extent of aggregation, while the wild-type and two mutants S27E and S27A required identical calcium concentrations for liposome binding.
对全长野生型A1、全长A1突变体S27E和S27A以及野生型A1的N端肽(AMVSEFLKQAWFIDNEEQEYIKTVKGS²⁷KGGPGSAVSPYPTFN)及其突变体S27E和S27A进行了多次分子动力学(MD)模拟。生成并分析了约350纳秒的MD模拟轨迹,以研究核心结构域钙结合亲和力、核心结构域和N端结构域结构以及N端结构域取向的变化。我们的结果表明,S27A和S27E突变对A1核心结构域的钙结合亲和力影响很小。然而,S27A突变使A1的N端结构域螺旋性降低,并使N端结构域向核心结构域的迁移加快;这些对A1的影响有利于膜聚集过程。相反,S27E突变使A1的N端结构域更稳定,并阻碍其向核心结构域的迁移;这些对A1的变化对膜聚集过程具有拮抗作用。我们使用MD模拟的结果为实验观察提供了原子层面的解释,即S27E突变体显示出更高的钙浓度需求和更低的最大聚集程度,而野生型以及两个突变体S27E和S27A在脂质体结合方面需要相同的钙浓度。