The loop opening/closing motion of the enzyme triosephosphate isomerase

Biophysical Journal
P Derreumaux, T Schlick

Abstract

To explore the origin of the large-scale motion of triosephosphate isomerase's flexible loop (residues 166 to 176) at the active site, several simulation protocols are employed both for the free enzyme in vacuo and for the free enzyme with some solvent modeling: high-temperature Langevin dynamics simulations, sampling by a "dynamics driver" approach, and potential-energy surface calculations. Our focus is on obtaining the energy barrier to the enzyme's motion and establishing the nature of the loop movement. Previous calculations did not determine this energy barrier and the effect of solvent on the barrier. High-temperature molecular dynamics simulations and crystallographic studies have suggested a rigid-body motion with two hinges located at both ends of the loop; Brownian dynamics simulations at room temperature pointed to a very flexible behavior. The present simulations and analyses reveal that although solute/solvent hydrogen bonds play a crucial role in lowering the energy along the pathway, there still remains a high activation barrier. This finding clearly indicates that, if the loop opens and closes in the absence of a substrate at standard conditions (e.g., room temperature, appropriate concentration of isomerase), ...Continue Reading

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