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Electrostatic interactions determine entrance/release order of substrates in the catalytic cycle of adenylate kinase
Author(s) -
Ye Chun,
Ding Chengtao,
Ma Rongsheng,
Wang Junfeng,
Zhang Zhiyong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
proteins: structure, function, and bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1097-0134
pISSN - 0887-3585
DOI - 10.1002/prot.25655
Subject(s) - adenylate kinase , phosphotransferase , adenosine triphosphate , adenosine diphosphate , adenosine monophosphate , protein kinase a , biophysics , adenosine , catalytic cycle , substrate (aquarium) , chemistry , biochemistry , molecular dynamics , kinase , enzyme , biology , computational chemistry , ecology , platelet , platelet aggregation , immunology
Adenylate kinase is a monomeric phosphotransferase with important biological function in regulating concentration of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in cells, by transferring the terminal phosphate group from ATP to adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and forming two adenosine diphosphate (ADP) molecules. During this reaction, the kinase may undergo a large conformational transition, forming different states with its substrates. Although many structures of the protein are available, atomic details of the whole process remain unclear. In this article, we use both conventional molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and an enhanced sampling technique called parallel cascade selection MD simulation to explore different conformational states of the Escherichia coli adenylate kinase. Based on the simulation results, we propose a possible entrance/release order of substrates during the catalytic cycle. The substrate‐free protein prefers an open conformation, but changes to a closed state once ATP·Mg enters into its binding pocket first and then AMP does. After the reaction of ATP transferring the terminal phosphate group to AMP, ADP·Mg and ADP are released sequentially, and finally the whole catalyze cycle is completed. Detailed contact and distance analysis reveals that the entrance/release order of substrates may be largely controlled by electrostatic interactions between the protein and the substrates.