Molecular mechanism of ligand bindings to Zika virus at SAM site

Molecular mechanism of ligand bindings to Zika virus at SAM site

We investigated residue-specific binding free energies using computational alanine scanning with interaction entropy method to identify hot-spots and unravel molecular basis in 3 ligand bindings to Zika SAM binding site. This approach allows one to obtain quantitatively residue-specific contribution...

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Main Authors: Liu, Xiao, Zhao, Yang, Zhang, John Z. H.
Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Engineering::Materials
NS5 Methyltransferase
Interaction Entropy
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150707
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:We investigated residue-specific binding free energies using computational alanine scanning with interaction entropy method to identify hot-spots and unravel molecular basis in 3 ligand bindings to Zika SAM binding site. This approach allows one to obtain quantitatively residue-specific contributions to protein-ligand binding free energy. Our computational analysis identified four major residues, W87, I147, H110, and K105 that contribute most to the ZIKV bindings to both SAH and SFG ligands. There are two additional residues, R160 and R163, that also contribute significantly to the binding. Finally, the computed total binding free energies are in good agreement with experimentally measured data.

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