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Molecular dynamics simulations of the coenzyme induced conformational changes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis L-alanine
Baoping Ling1, Min Sun, Siwei Bi
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, China.
Abstract:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis L-alanine dehydrogenase (L-MtAlaDH) catalyzes the NADH-dependent reversible oxidative deamination of L-alanine to pyruvate and ammonia. L-MtAlaDH has been proposed to be a potential target in the treatment of tuberculosis. Based on the crystal structures of this enzyme, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the conformational changes of L-MtAlaDH induced by coenzyme NADH. The results show that the presence of NADH in the binding domain restricts the motions and conformational distributions of L-MtAlaDH. There are two loops (residues 94-99 and 238-251) playing important roles for the binding of NADH, while another loop (residues 267-293) is responsible for the binding of substrate. The opening/closing and twisting motions of two domains are closely related to the conformational changes of L-MtAlaDH induced by NADH.
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