title: Characterization of the flexible lip regions in bacteriophage lambda lysozyme using MD simulations.
abstract: The upper and lower lip regions in lysozyme from bacteriophage lambda (λ-lysozyme) are flexible in solution and exhibit two different conformations in crystal structures of the protein. MD simulations have been used to characterize the structure and dynamics of these lip regions, which surround the active site. Ten different simulations have been run including those with restraining to experimental NOE distance and (1)H-(15)N order parameter data. The simulations show that the lower lip region, although undergoing considerable backbone fluctuations, contains two persistent β-strands. In the upper lip region, a wide range of conformations are populated and it is not clear from the available data whether some helical secondary structure is present. The work provides a clear example of the advantages of combining MD simulations with experimental data to obtain a structural interpretation of the latter. In this case, time-averaged order parameter restraining has played an essential role in enabling convergence between two different starting structures and identifying the extent to which flexible regions in solution can contain persistent secondary structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK, lorna.smith@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Lorna J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Wilfred F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: van Gunsteren
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000201:enzymology*; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D009113:Muramidase
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