Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari 48157-33971, Iran.
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, 48157-33971, Iran.
Molecules. 2018 Mar 19;23(3):696. doi: 10.3390/molecules23030696.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease and a major public health in the most countries. is the most common cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis. In the parasites, sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51), which is involved in the biosynthesis of sterols, has been identified as an attractive target for development of new therapeutic agents. In this study, the sequence and structure of CYP51 in a laboratory strain (MRHO/IR/75/ER) of were determined and compared to the wild-type strain. The results showed 19 mutations including seven non-synonymous and 12 synonymous ones in the CYP51 sequence of strain MRHO/IR/75/ER. Importantly, an arginine to lysine substitution at position of 474 resulted in destabilization of CYP51 (ΔΔG = 1.17 kcal/mol) in the laboratory strain; however, when the overall effects of all substitutions were evaluated by 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation, the final structure did not show any significant changes (-value < 0.05) in stability parameter of the strain MRHO/IR/75/ER compared to the wild-type protein. The energy level for the CYP51 of wild-type and MRHO/IR/75/ER strain were -40,027.1 and -39,706.48 Kcal/mol respectively. The overall Root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) deviation between two proteins was less than 1 Å throughout the simulation and Root-mean-square fluctuation (RMSF) plot also showed no substantial differences between amino acids fluctuation of the both protein. The results also showed that, these mutations were located on the protein periphery that neither interferes with protein folding nor with substrate/inhibitor binding. Therefore, strain MRHO/IR/75/ER is suggested as a suitable laboratory model for studying biological role of CYP51 and inhibitory effects of sterol 14α-demethylase inhibitors.
皮肤利什曼病是一种被忽视的热带病,也是大多数国家的主要公共卫生问题。 是皮肤利什曼病最常见的原因。在 中,参与甾醇生物合成的 14α-固醇脱甲基酶(CYP51)已被确定为开发新治疗药物的有吸引力的靶标。在这项研究中,确定了实验室菌株(MRHO/IR/75/ER)中 CYP51 的序列和结构,并将其与野生型菌株进行了比较。结果表明,在菌株 MRHO/IR/75/ER 的 CYP51 序列中发现了 19 个突变,包括 7 个非同义突变和 12 个同义突变。重要的是,在实验室菌株中,位置 474 的精氨酸突变为赖氨酸导致 CYP51 失稳(ΔΔG = 1.17 kcal/mol);然而,当通过 100 ns 分子动力学模拟评估所有取代的总体影响时,与野生型蛋白相比,MRHO/IR/75/ER 菌株的稳定参数最终结构没有显示出任何显著变化(-值 < 0.05)。野生型和 MRHO/IR/75/ER 菌株 CYP51 的能量水平分别为-40,027.1 和-39,706.48 Kcal/mol。在整个模拟过程中,两种蛋白质之间的总均方根偏差(RMSD)偏差小于 1 Å,均方根波动(RMSF)图也显示两种蛋白质中氨基酸波动没有实质性差异。结果还表明,这些突变位于蛋白质的外围,既不干扰蛋白质折叠,也不干扰底物/抑制剂结合。因此,建议 菌株 MRHO/IR/75/ER 作为研究 CYP51 生物学作用和固醇 14α-脱甲基酶抑制剂抑制作用的合适实验室模型。
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