Arginase Structure and Inhibition: Catalytic Site Plasticity Reveals New Modulation Possibilities.
Arginase Structure and Inhibition: Catalytic Site Plasticity Reveals New Modulation Possibilities.
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DOI：
10.1038/s41598-017-13366-4
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发表时间：
2017-10-19
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Wolber G
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作者：
Mortier J;Prévost JRC;Sydow D;Teuchert S;Omieczynski C;Bermudez M;Frédérick R;Wolber G
Metalloenzyme arginase is a therapeutically relevant target associated with tumor growth. To fight cancer immunosuppression, arginase activity can be modulated by small chemical inhibitors binding to its catalytic center. To better understand molecular mechanisms of arginase inhibition, a careful computer-aided mechanistic structural investigation of this enzyme was conducted. Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in the microsecond range, key regions of the protein active site were identified and their flexibility was evaluated and compared. A cavity opening phenomenon was observed, involving three loops directly interacting with all known ligands, while metal coordinating regions remained motionless. A novel dynamic 3D pharmacophore analysis method termed dynophores has been developed that allows for the construction of a single 3D-model comprising all ligand-enzyme interactions occurring throughout a complete MD trajectory. This new technique for the in silico study of intermolecular interactions allows for loop flexibility analysis coupled with movements and conformational changes of bound ligands. Presented MD studies highlight the plasticity of the size of the arginase active site, leading to the hypothesis that larger ligands can enter the cavity of arginase. Experimental testing of a targeted fragment library substituted by different aliphatic groups validates this hypothesis, paving the way for the design of arginase inhibitors with novel binding patterns.
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