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Quantitating Iron Transport Across the Mouse Placenta In Vivo Using Nonradioactive Iron Isotopes
Published on: May 10, 2022
Homology modelling of human divalent metal transporter (DMT): Molecular docking and dynamic simulations for duodenal
Aarti Anantram1, Madhura Janve2, Mariam Degani1
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai, 400 019, India.
Abstract:
Iron transport through the duodenum is regulated by carrier proteins, one of which is the ubiquitously distributed divalent metal transporter (DMT1) which is responsible for the uptake of iron across the apical surface of the duodenal enterocyte. The crystallographic structure of Staphylococcus capitis divalent metal ion transporter (ScaDMT1) was obtained and it was used as a template for the construction of a homology model of human divalent metal transporter (hDMT1). The binding site for hDMT1 was determined by using SiteMap as well as molecular docking studies on ScaDMT1. The differences in binding modes between ScaDMT1 and hDMT1 were noted for a set of 7 iron containing compounds, including ferrous sulphate. Diffusion of ferrous ion was observed during the course of molecular dynamic simulation which corresponded to the postulated mechanism of iron transport. Further, the dock scores correlated well with relative bioavailabilities of the iron compounds. The study confirmed the efficacy of the in silico model which could be used for future studies on the absorption of micronutrients.
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