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Dihydronicotinamide riboside quinone oxidoreductase 2 is known to catalyze a two-electron reduction of quinone to hydroquinone using its cofactor, flavin adenine dinucleotide. Using quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical simulations, we have computed the reorganization free energies of the electron and proton transfer processes of flavin in the free state as well as when it is bound in the active site of the enzyme. The calculated energetics for electron transfer processes demonstrate that the enzyme active site lowers the reorganization energy for the redox process as compared to the enzyme-free aqueous state. This is most apparent in the two electron reduction step, which eliminates the possibility of flavosemiquinone generation. In addition, essential dynamics study of the simulated motions revealed spectacular changes in the principal components of atomic fluctuations upon reduction of flavin. This alteration of active site dynamics provides an insight into the "ping-pong" kinetics exhibited by the enzyme upon a change in the redox state of the enzyme-bound flavin. A charge perturbation analysis provides further support that the observed change in dynamics is correlated with the change in energetics due to the altered electrostatic interactions between the flavin ring and the active site residues. This study shows that the effect of electrostatic preorganization goes beyond the chemical catalysis as it strongly impacts the postcatalytic intrinsic protein dynamics.

Interplay of Flavin’s Redox States and Protein Dynamics: An Insight from QM/MM Simulations of Dihydronicotinamide Riboside Quinone Oxidoreductase 2