An insight into the environmental effects of the pocket of the active site of the enzyme. Ab initio ONIOM-molecular dynamics (MD) study on cytosine deaminase.
We applied the ONIOM-molecular dynamics (MD) method to cytosine deaminase to examine the environmental effects of the amino acid residues in the pocket of the active site on the substrate taking account of their thermal motion. The ab initio ONIOM-MD simulations show that the substrate uracil is strongly perturbed by the amino acid residue Ile33, which sandwiches the uracil with His62, through the steric contact due to the thermal motion. As a result, the magnitude of the thermal oscillation of the potential energy and structure of the substrate uracil significantly increases.
Center for Quantum Life Sciences and Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan. matsu05@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Toshiaki
T
Matsubara
Michel
M
Dupuis
Misako
M
Aida
D001665:Binding Sites; D003198:Computer Simulation; D043525:Cytosine Deaminase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008745:Methylation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009068:Movement; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012984:Software; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature; D014498:Uracil / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D014498:Uracil; D006859:Hydrogen; D043525:Cytosine Deaminase