Efficiency of a second-generation HIV-1 protease inhibitor studied by molecular dynamics and absolute binding free energy calculations

Proteins
M LepsíkZ Havlas

Abstract

A subnanomolar inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease, designated QF34, potently inhibits the wild-type and drug-resistant enzyme. To explain its broad activity, the binding of QF34 to the wild-type HIV-1 protease is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations and compared to the binding of two inhibitors that are used clinically, saquinavir (SQV) and indinavir (IDV). Analysis of the flexibility of protease residues and inhibitor segments in the complex reveals that segments of QF34 were more mobile during the dynamics studies than the segments of SQV and IDV. The dynamics of hydrogen bonding show that QF34 forms a larger number of stable hydrogen bonds than the two inhibitors that are used clinically. Absolute binding free energies were calculated with molecular mechanics-generalized Born surface area (MM-GBSA) methodology using three protocols. The most consistent results were obtained using the single-trajectory approach, due to cancellation of errors and inadequate sampling in the separate-trajectory protocols. For all three inhibitors, energy components in favor of binding include van der Waals and electrostatic terms, whereas polar solvation and entropy terms oppose binding. Decomposition of ...Continue Reading

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