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Vibrio cholerae: Model Organism to Study Bacterial Pathogenesis - Interview
Published on: May 28, 2007
Molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) analysis of Vibrio cholerae ToxT virulence factor complexed with docked potential
Ibrahim Torktaz1, Ali Najafi1, Reza Golmohamadi1
1Molecular Biology Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IRAN.
Abstract:
The ToxT transcription factor mediates the transcription of the two major virulence factors in Vibrio cholerae. It has a DNA binding domain made of α4, α5, α6, α7, α8, α9 and α10 helices that is responsible for the transcription of virulence genes. Therefore, it is of interest to screen ToxT against the ZINC ligand database containing data for a million compounds. The QSAR model identified 40 top hits for ToxT. Two target protein complexes with ligands Lig N1 and Lig N2 with high score were selected for molecular dynamics simulation. Simulation data shows that ligands are stable in the DNA binding domain of ToxT. Moreover, Lig N1 and Lig N2 passed pharmacological as well as ADME filters along with g-mmpbsa analysis with binding affinity of -199.831 kJ/mol for Lig N1 and - 286.951 kJ/mol for Lig N2. Moreover, no Lipinski and PhysChem violations were identified. It is further observed that these compounds were not inhibitors of P-glycoprotein, CYP450 and renal organic cation transporters. The LD50 of 2.5804 mol/kg for Lig N1 and 2.7788 mol/kg for Lig N2 was noted with acceptable toxicity index.
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