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Relative stability of the open and closed conformations of the active site loop of streptavidin

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Author	General, Ignacio J. Hagai, Meirovitch
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The eight-residue surface loop, 45–52 (Ser, Ala, Val, Gly, Asn, Ala, Glu, Ser), of the homotetrameric protein streptavidin has a “closed” conformation in the streptavidin-biotin complex, where the corresponding binding affinity is one of the strongest found in nature (ΔG ∼ –18 kcal∕mol). However, in most of the crystal structures of apo (unbound) streptavidin, the loop conformation is “open” and typically exhibits partial disorder and high B-factors. Thus, it is plausible to assume that the loop structure is changed from open to closed upon binding of biotin, and the corresponding difference in free energy, ΔF = F open – F closed in the unbound protein, should therefore be considered in the total absolute free energy of binding. ΔF (which has generally been neglected) is calculated here using our “hypothetical scanning molecular-dynamics” (HSMD) method. We use a protein model in which only the atoms closest to the loop are considered (the “template”) and they are fixed in the x-ray coordinates of the free protein; the x-ray conformation of the closed loop is attached to the same (unbound) template and both systems are capped with the same sphere of TIP3P water. Using the force field of the assisted model building with energy refinement (AMBER), we carry out two separate MD simulations (at temperature T = 300 K), starting from the open and closed conformations, where only the atoms of the loop and water are allowed to move (the template-water and template-loop interactions are considered). The absolute F open and F closed (of loop + water) are calculated from these trajectories, where the loop and water contributions are obtained by HSMD and a thermodynamic integration (TI) process, respectively. The combined HSMD-TI procedure leads to total (loop + water) ΔF = −27.1 ± 2.0 kcal∕mol, where the entropy TΔS constitutes 34% of ΔF, meaning that the effect of S is significant and should not be ignored. Also, ΔS is positive, in accord with the high flexibility of the open loop observed in crystal structures, while the energy ΔE is unexpectedly negative, thus also adding to the stability of the open loop. The loop and the 250 capped water molecules are the largest system studied thus far, which constitutes a test for the efficiency of HSMD-TI; this efficiency and technical issues related to the implementation of the method are also discussed. Finally, the result for ΔF is a prediction that will be considered in the calculation of the absolute free energy of binding of biotin to streptavidin, which constitutes our next project.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3521267
Starting Page	25104
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00219606
e-ISSN	10897690
Journal	The Journal of Chemical Physics
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	134
Language	English
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Publisher Date	2011-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Institute of Physics
Subject Keyword	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Physics and Astronomy(all) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physics and Astronomy Medicine Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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