Journal
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-AIDED MOLECULAR DESIGN
Volume 35, Issue 5, Pages 643-656Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10822-021-00382-w
Keywords
Binding free energy; Protein– ligand interaction; Benchmarking force fields; Alchemical free energy calculation; End-point free energy methods
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- PKU-Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Experimental studies on human purine nucleoside phosphorylase (hPNP) inhibition show that the first ligand binding inhibits the protein effectively, while subsequent ligand binding exhibits negative cooperativities. Extensive calculations were conducted to determine the binding thermodynamics of the trimeric protein-ligand system, providing insights into key residues stabilizing the complex structure. Charged schemes such as AM1-BCC and RESP were used for ligands, with RESP results showing better agreement with experimental reference.
Human purine nucleoside phosphorylase (hPNP) plays a significant role in the catabolism of deoxyguanosine. The trimeric protein is an important target in the treatment of T-cell cancers and autoimmune disorders. Experimental studies on the inhibition of the hPNP observe that the first ligand bound to one of three subunits effectively inhibits the protein, while the binding of more ligands to the subsequent sites shows negative cooperativities. In this work, we performed extensive end-point and alchemical free energy calculations to determine the binding thermodynamics of the trimeric protein-ligand system. 13 Immucillin inhibitors with experimental results are under calculation. Two widely accepted charge schemes for small molecules including AM1-BCC and RESP are adopted for ligands. The results of RESP are in better agreement with the experimental reference. Further investigations of the interaction networks in the protein-ligand complexes reveal that several residues play significant roles in stabilizing the complex structure. The most commonly observed ones include PHE200, GLU201, MET219, and ASN243. The conformations of the protein in different protein-ligand complexes are observed to be similar. We expect these insights to aid the development of potent drugs targeting hPNP.
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