Molecular modeling and dynamics studies of purine nucleoside phosphorylase from Bacteroides fragilis

J Mol Model. 2009 Aug;15(8):913-22. doi: 10.1007/s00894-008-0445-2. Epub 2009 Jan 27.

Abstract

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) catalyzes the reversible phosphorolysis of N-ribosidic bonds of purine nucleosides and deoxynucleosides, except adenosine, to generate ribose 1-phosphate and the purine base. This work describes for the first time a structural model of PNP from Bacteroides fragilis (Bf). We modeled the complexes of BfPNP with six different ligands in order to determine the structural basis for specificity of these ligands against BfPNP. Comparative analysis of the model of BfPNP and the structure of HsPNP allowed identification of structural features responsible for differences in the computationally determined ligand affinities. The molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was assessed to evaluate the overall stability of the BfPNP model. The superposition of the final onto the initial minimized structure shows that there are no major conformational changes from the initial model, which is consistent with the relatively low root mean square deviation (RMSD). The results indicate that the structure of the model was stable during MD, and does not exhibit loosely structured loop regions or domain terminals.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Bacteroides fragilis / enzymology*
  • Bacteroides fragilis / genetics
  • Binding Sites / genetics
  • Binding, Competitive
  • Computer Simulation
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Structure
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase / chemistry*
  • Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase / genetics
  • Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase / metabolism
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Ligands
  • Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase