scholarly journals Computational Study of Symmetric Methylation on Histone Arginine Catalyzed by Protein Arginine Methyltransferase PRMT5 through QM/MM MD and Free Energy Simulations

Molecules ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 10032-10046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufei Yue ◽  
Yuzhuo Chu ◽  
Hong Guo
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Protein Arginine Methyltransferase ◽  
Arginine Methyltransferase ◽  
Energy Simulations

scholarly journals Controlling Protein Crystallization by Free Energy Guided Design of Interactions at Crystal Contacts

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 588
Author(s):  
Johannes Hermann ◽  
Daniel Bischoff ◽  
Phillip Grob ◽  
Robert Janowski ◽  
Dariusch Hekmat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Protein Crystallization ◽  
Lactobacillus Brevis ◽  
Protein Crystal ◽  
Crystal Formation ◽  
Contact Stability ◽  
Crystal Contacts ◽  
Energy Simulations

Protein crystallization can function as an effective method for protein purification or formulation. Such an application requires a comprehensive understanding of the intermolecular protein–protein interactions that drive and stabilize protein crystal formation to ensure a reproducible process. Using alcohol dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus brevis (LbADH) as a model system, we probed in our combined experimental and computational study the effect of residue substitutions at the protein crystal contacts on the crystallizability and the contact stability. Increased or decreased contact stability was calculated using molecular dynamics (MD) free energy simulations and showed excellent qualitative correlation with experimentally determined increased or decreased crystallizability. The MD simulations allowed us to trace back the changes to their physical origins at the atomic level. Engineered charge–charge interactions as well as engineered hydrophobic effects could be characterized and were found to improve crystallizability. For example, the simulations revealed a redesigning of a water mediated electrostatic interaction (“wet contact”) into a water depleted hydrophobic effect (“dry contact”) and the optimization of a weak hydrogen bonding contact towards a strong one. These findings explained the experimentally found improved crystallizability. Our study emphasizes that it is difficult to derive simple rules for engineering crystallizability but that free energy simulations could be a very useful tool for understanding the contribution of crystal contacts for stability and furthermore could help guide protein engineering strategies to enhance crystallization for technical purposes.

Prediction of Alkanolamine pKa Values by Combined Molecular Dynamics Free Energy Simulations and ab initio Calculations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Noroozi ◽  
William Smith
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Phase Reaction ◽  
Pka Values ◽  
Gas Phase Reaction ◽  
Reaction Free Energy ◽  
Energy Simulations

We use molecular dynamics free energy simulations in conjunction with quantum chemical calculations of gas phase reaction free energy to predict alkanolamines pka values. <br>

scholarly journals Transcriptional perturbation of protein arginine methyltransferase-5 exhibits MTAP-selective oncosuppression

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Busacca ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Annabel Sharkey ◽  
Alan G. Dawson ◽  
David A. Moore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Molecule ◽  
Selective Vulnerability ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Histone H4 ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Protein Arginine Methyltransferase ◽  
Arginine Methyltransferase ◽  
Methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase ◽  
Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5

AbstractWe hypothesized that small molecule transcriptional perturbation could be harnessed to target a cellular dependency involving protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) in the context of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) deletion, seen frequently in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Here we show, that MTAP deletion is negatively prognostic in MPM. In vitro, the off-patent antibiotic Quinacrine efficiently suppressed PRMT5 transcription, causing chromatin remodelling with reduced global histone H4 symmetrical demethylation. Quinacrine phenocopied PRMT5 RNA interference and small molecule PRMT5 inhibition, reducing clonogenicity in an MTAP-dependent manner. This activity required a functional PRMT5 methyltransferase as MTAP negative cells were rescued by exogenous wild type PRMT5, but not a PRMT5E444Q methyltransferase-dead mutant. We identified c-jun as an essential PRMT5 transcription factor and a probable target for Quinacrine. Our results therefore suggest that small molecule-based transcriptional perturbation of PRMT5 can leverage a mutation-selective vulnerability, that is therapeutically tractable, and has relevance to 9p21 deleted cancers including MPM.

scholarly journals Discovery of Potent and Selective Covalent Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) Inhibitors

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1033-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Lin ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Yang W. Zhang ◽  
Shuilong Tong ◽  
Raul A. Leal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Arginine Methyltransferase ◽  
Arginine Methyltransferase ◽  
Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5
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