环境对蛋白质中质子共享的贡献 低屏障键 键
Jiusheng Lin1, Oksana Gerlits2, Daniel W Kneller3
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|November 24, 2025
概括
在键中的质子移位对于酶功能至关重要. 这项研究使用中子晶体学和模拟,可视化了低屏障键中的共享质子,表明突变可以设计质子转移.
科学领域:
- 生物化学和结构生物学.
- 计算化学和分子动力学
- 蛋白质科学是一种蛋白质科学.
背景情况:
- 键 (H键) 是生物分子结构和动态的基础.
- 质子在H键中的脱局可能会影响酶催化和全ostery.
- 实验性地确定H键中的质子位置是具有挑战性的.
研究的目的:
- 为了验证原子分辨率的X射线晶体学分析H键使用中子晶体学和QM/MM-BOMD模拟.
- 想象低屏障键 (LBHBs) 中的共享质子和 DJ-1 和 YajL 中的常规 H 键.
- 研究突变如何影响质子移位和H键特性.
主要方法:
- 中子晶体学和X射线晶体学.
- 量子力学/分子力学-波恩-奥本海默分子动力学 (QM/MM-BOMD) 模拟.
- 现场定向突变发生和生物信息学分析.
主要成果:
- 在 YajL 中的 Glu14-Asp23 之间,在 LBHB 中直接可视化一个共享的 deuteron,与 DJ-1 中常规的 H 键形成对比.
- 在X射线分析中,在活性位点的谷氨酸中发现了deuteron替代效应,但在其他碳素酸-碳酸盐H键上没有.
- 在DJ-1中,远端I21T替代增加了Glu-Asp H键中的质子移位,影响了二分体跨度运动.
结论:
- 扩展的H键网络中的突变可以调节碳酸-碳酸盐H键中的质子转移障碍.
- 质子移位可以在H键中设计,使用生物信息学,结构和计算方法的组合.
- 在H键中质子的移动性会影响蛋白质二次体内的相关运动.
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