Mechanistic Insights into Mg2+-Independent Prenylation by CloQ from Classical Molecular Mechanics and Hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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- 作者：Craig A. Bayse ; Kenneth M. Merz
- 刊名：Biochemistry
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：August 5, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：53
- 期：30
- 页码：5034-5041
- 全文大小：510K
- ISSN：1520-4995
文摘
Understanding the mechanism of prenyltransferases is important to the design of engineered proteins capable of synthesizing derivatives of naturally occurring therapeutic agents. CloQ is a Mg2+-independent aromatic prenyltransferase (APTase) that transfers a dimethylallyl group to 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate in the biosynthetic pathway for clorobiocin. APTases consist of a common ABBA fold that defines a 尾-barrel containing the reaction cavity. Positively charged basic residues line the inside of the 尾-barrel of CloQ to activate the pyrophosphate leaving group to replace the function of the Mg2+ cofactor in other APTases. Classical molecular dynamics simulations of CloQ, its E281G and F68S mutants, and the related NovQ were used to explore the binding of the 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate (4HPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate substrates in the reactive cavity and the role of various conserved residues. Hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics potential of mean force (PMF) calculations show that the effect of the replacement of the Mg2+ cofactor with basic residues yields a similar activation barrier for prenylation to Mg2+-dependent APTases like NphB. The topology of the binding pocket for 4HPP is important for selective prenylation at the ortho position of the ring. Methylation at this position alters the conformation of the substrate for O-prenylation at the phenol group. Further, a two-dimensional PMF scan shows that a 鈥渞everse鈥?prenylation product may be a possible target for protein engineering.