Open AccessEffect of Heldanamycin Binding on the Thr90 Phosphorylation Site of Hsp90
Author(s) -
K.A. Shcherbakov,
Dmitrii S. Shcherbinin,
A. V. Veselovsky
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
biomedical chemistry: research and methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2618-7531
DOI - 10.18097/bmcrm00145
Subject(s) - hsp90 , geldanamycin , phosphorylation , heat shock protein , chemistry , binding site , hsp90 inhibitor , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , biochemistry , biology , gene
Prostate cancer is hormone-dependent and the androgen receptor (AR) is involved in its development. AR is a transcription factor that is activated by ligand binding, result in its translocation into the nucleus, where it initiates gene transcription. In an inactive state in cytoplasm AR exists as a complex with heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and some other proteins. When the agonist binds, a conformational change in AR occurs, resulting in HSP90 and other chaperones dissociating. Recently it has been shown that for the dissociation of the HSP90-AR complex and the translocation of the latter into the nucleus, phosphorylation of the Thr-90 residue of the N-terminal domain of HSP90 is necessary. In this work, the effect of the HSP90 inhibitor, geldanamycin, interacting with the ATP-binding site, on the Thr90 phosphorylation site was investigated by molecular modeling methods. It has been shown that inhibitor binding slightly affects the size and mobility of cavity around Thr90. It is suggested that inhibitor binding to HSP90 does not result in changing the protein structure and does not influence on protein phosphorylation, and partially explains low effectiveness of such type of drugs in the therapy of prostate cancer.