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The RNA-binding protein La-related protein 1 (LARP1) plays a central role in ribosome biosynthesis. Its C-terminal DM15 region binds the 7-methylguanosine (m7G) cap and 5' terminal oligopyrimidine (TOP) motif characteristic of transcripts encoding ribosomal proteins and translation factors. Under the control of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), LARP1 regulates translation of these transcripts. Characterizing the dynamics of DM15-TOP recognition is essential to understanding this fundamental biological process. We use molecular dynamics simulations, biophysical assays, and X-ray crystallography to reveal the mechanism of DM15 binding to TOP transcripts. Residues C-terminal to the m7G-binding site play important roles in cap recognition. Furthermore, we show that the unusually static pocket that recognizes the +1 cytosine characteristic of TOP transcripts drives binding specificity. Finally, we demonstrate that the DM15 pockets involved in TOP-specific m7GpppC-motif recognition are likely druggable. Collectively, these studies suggest unique opportunities for further pharmacological development.
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Autoantígenos/química , Guanosina/análogos & derivados , RNA Mensageiro/química , Ribonucleoproteínas/química , Proteína S6 Ribossômica/química , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Autoantígenos/genética , Autoantígenos/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Sítios de Ligação , Clonagem Molecular , Cristalografia por Raios X , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Vetores Genéticos/química , Vetores Genéticos/metabolismo , Guanosina/química , Guanosina/metabolismo , Humanos , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica em alfa-Hélice , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Ribonucleoproteínas/genética , Ribonucleoproteínas/metabolismo , Proteína S6 Ribossômica/genética , Proteína S6 Ribossômica/metabolismo , Especificidade por Substrato , Termodinâmica , Antígeno SS-BRESUMO
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations reveal molecular motions at atomic resolution. Recent advances in high-performance computing now enable microsecond-long simulations capable of sampling a wide range of biologically relevant events. But the disk space required to store an MD trajectory increases with simulation length and system size, complicating collaborative sharing and visualization. To overcome these limitations, we created PCAViz, an open-source toolkit for sharing and visualizing MD trajectories via the web browser. PCAViz includes two components: the PCAViz Compressor, which compresses and saves simulation data; and the PCAViz Interpreter, which decompresses the data in users' browsers and feeds it to any of several browser-based molecular-visualization libraries (e.g., 3Dmol.js, NGL Viewer, etc.). An easy-to-install WordPress plugin enables "plug-and-play" trajectory visualization. PCAViz will appeal to a broad audience of researchers and educators. The source code is available at http://durrantlab.com/pcaviz/ , and the WordPress plugin is available via the official WordPress Plugin Directory.
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Modelos Químicos , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Software , Navegador , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura MolecularRESUMO
Small-molecule protonation can promote or discourage protein binding by altering hydrogen-bond, electrostatic, and van-der-Waals interactions. To improve virtual-screen pose and affinity predictions, researchers must account for all major small-molecule ionization states. But existing programs for calculating these states have notable limitations such as high cost, restrictive licenses, slow execution times, and poor modularity. Here, we present dimorphite-DL 1.0, a fast, accurate, accessible, and modular open-source program for enumerating small-molecule ionization states. Dimorphite-DL uses a straightforward empirical algorithm that leverages substructure searching and draws on a database of experimentally characterized ionizable molecules. We have tested dimorphite-DL using several versions of Python and RDKit on all major operating systems. We release it under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. A copy is available free of charge from http://durrantlab.com/dimorphite-dl/ .