J 2011

QM/MM Studies of Hairpin Ribozyme Self-Cleavage Suggest the Feasibility of Multiple Competing Reaction Mechanisms

MLÝNSKÝ, Vojtěch; Pavel BANÁŠ; Nils G. WALTER; Jiří ŠPONER; Michal OTYEPKA et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

QM/MM Studies of Hairpin Ribozyme Self-Cleavage Suggest the Feasibility of Multiple Competing Reaction Mechanisms

Autoři

MLÝNSKÝ, Vojtěch; Pavel BANÁŠ; Nils G. WALTER; Jiří ŠPONER a Michal OTYEPKA

Vydání

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, Washington, American Chemical Society, 2011, 1520-6106

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10403 Physical chemistry

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.696

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14740/11:00050558

Organizační jednotka

Středoevropský technologický institut

Klíčová slova anglicky

TRANSITION-STATE STABILIZATION; BASE-PHOSPHATE INTERACTIONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MATRIX PROPAGATION ADMP; DELTA-VIRUS RIBOZYME; ACTIVE-SITE ADENINE; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; ENZYMATIC-REACTIONS; PHOSPHORYL TRANSFER

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 27. 3. 2012 23:50, Olga Křížová

Anotace

V originále

The hairpin ribozyme is a prominent member of small ribozymes since it does not require metal ions to achieve catalysis. Guanine 8 (G8) and adenine 38 (A38) have been identified as key participants in self-cleavage and -ligation. We have carried out hybrid quantum-mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations to evaluate the energy along several putative reaction pathways. The error of our DFT description of the QM region was tested and shown to be similar to 1 kcal/mol. We find that self-cleavage of the hairpin ribozyme may follow several competing microscopic reaction mechanisms, all with calculated activation barriers in good agreement with those from experiment (20-21 kcal/mol). The initial nucleophilic attack of the A-1(2'-OH) group on the scissile phosphate is predicted to be rate-limiting in all these mechanisms. An unprotonated G8(-) (together with A38H(+)) yields a feasible activation barrier (20.4 kcal/mol). Proton transfer to a nonbridging phosphate oxygen also leads to feasible reaction pathways. Finally, our calculations consider thio-substitutions of one or both nonbridging oxygens of the scissile phosphate and predict that they have only a negligible effect on the reaction barrier, as observed experimentally.

Návaznosti

ED1.1.00/02.0068, projekt VaV
Název: CEITEC - central european institute of technology
GD203/09/H046, projekt VaV
Název: Biochemie na rozcestí mezi in silico a in vitro
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Biochemie na rozcestí mezi in silico a in vitro
LC06030, projekt VaV
Název: Biomolekulární centrum
Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Biomolekulární centrum