title: Molecular dynamics of human-specific cytolysin: analysis of membrane binding motif for therapeutic application.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intermedilysin (ILY) is a human-specific cytolysin secreted from Streptococcus intermedius. In this study, the dynamic structure of ILY, StreptolysinO (SLO) and their 12mer substituted mutants for 500 ps was analyzed. Several parameters, such as dipole moment and electrostatic potential, were determined to elucidate the molecular mechanism of membrane binding.
  
  
  METHODS
  Molecular models of lLY, SLO and their mutants were constructed using Insightll-Discover with the Homology module. Their molecular dynamics were simulated with the Discover3 (Insight module), and z-matrix data of the membrane-binding 12mer region were extracted to calculate the molecular orbital (MO) parameters (i.e., dipole moment, solvation free energy (dGW)).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cytolysins vibrated like a bow, and the dipole moment direction of ILY 12mer region was different from that of SLO. Certain ILY mutants indicated the SLO-like dipole properties, which had an SLO-type limer cysteine motif amino acid sequence. The ILY 11mer region was more hydrophobic than that of SLO, and seemed to interact easily with the cell membrane without cholesterol. The electrostatic potential field distribution of ILY differed from that of SLO, especially in the 11mer region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the 11mer region, the dipole moment directions of these cytolysins were constant during molecular movement, and ready to interact with membrane components (i.e., cholesterol, phospholipid).
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Bioagricultural Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Aichi 464-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkura
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagamune
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006461:Hemolysis; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012756:Sheep; D055672:Static Electricity; D013301:Streptolysins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001430:Bacteriocins; D013301:Streptolysins; C403910:intermedilysin protein, Streptococcus intermedius; C025964:streptolysin O