title: Molecular modeling on pyruvate phosphate dikinase of Entamoeba histolytica and in silico virtual screening for novel inhibitors.
abstract: Pyruvate phosphate dikinase (PPDK) is the key enzyme essential for the glycolytic pathway in most common and perilous parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Inhibiting the function of this enzyme could control the wide spread of intestinal infections caused by Entamoeba histolytica in humans. With this objective, we modeled the three dimensional structure of the PPDK protein. We used templates with 51% identity and 67% similarity to employ homology-modeling approach. Stereo chemical quality of protein structure was validated by protein structure validation program PROCHECK and VERIFY3D. Experimental proof available in literature along with the in silico studies indicated Lys21, Arg91, Asp323, Glu325 and Gln337 to be the probable active sites in the target protein. Virtual screening was carried out using the genetic docking algorithm GOLD and a consensus scoring function X-Score to substantiate the prediction. The small molecule libraries (ChemDivision database, Diversity dataset, Kinase inhibitor database) were used for screening process. Along with the high scoring results, the interaction studies provided promising ligands for future experimental screening to inhibit the function of PPDK in Entamoeba histolytica. Further, the phylogeny study was carried out to assess the possibility of using the proposed ligands as inhibitors in related pathogens.
authors: National Centre of Applied Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
authors: Preyesh
authors: P
authors: Stephen
authors: Ramachandran
authors: R
authors: Vijayan
authors: Audesh
authors: A
authors: Bhat
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Subbarao
authors: R N K
authors: RN
authors: Bamezai
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016208:Databases, Factual; D015195:Drug Design; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000201:enzymology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011772:Pyruvate, Orthophosphate Dikinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000737:chemistry*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011773:Pyruvates; D011772:Pyruvate, Orthophosphate Dikinase
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