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Protein Science (2006), 15:2544-2551. Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Copyright © 2006 The Protein Society
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Catalytic mechanism of cyclophilin as observed in molecular dynamics simulations: Pathway prediction and reconciliation of X-ray crystallographic and NMR solution data

Daniel Trzesniak and Wilfred F. van Gunsteren

Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, ETH, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

(RECEIVED May 18, 2006; FINAL REVISION July 6, 2006; ACCEPTED August 10, 2006)

Cyclophilins are proteins that catalyze X-proline cis–trans interconversion, where X represents any amino acid. Its mechanism of action has been investigated over the past years but still generates discussion, especially because until recently structures of the ligand in the cis and trans conformations for the same system were lacking. X-ray crystallographic structures for the complex cyclophilin A and HIV-1 capsid mutants with ligands in the cis and trans conformations suggest a mechanism where the N-terminal portion of the ligand rotates during the cis–trans isomerization. However, a few years before, a C-terminal rotating ligand was proposed to explain NMR solution data. In the present study we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to generate a trans structure starting from the cis structure. From simulations starting from the cis and trans structures obtained through the rotational pathways, the seeming contradiction between the two sets of experimental data could be resolved. The simulated N-terminal rotated trans structure shows good agreement with the equivalent crystal structure and, moreover, is consistent with the NMR data. These results illustrate the use of MD simulation at atomic resolution to model structural transitions and to interpret experimental data.

Keywords: computer simulation; NMR; X-ray; molecular dynamics; GROMOS force field


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