Flexibility of the flap in the active site of BACE1 as revealed by crystal structures and molecular dynamics simulations
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| 作者 | Xu, YC ; Li, MJ ; Greenblatt, H ; Chen, WY ; Paz, A ; Dym, O ; Peleg, Y ; Chen, TT ; Shen, X ; He, JH（何建华） ; Jiang, HL ; Silman, I ; Sussman, JL |
| 刊名 | ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
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| 出版日期 | 2012 |
| 卷号 | 68 |
| ISSN号 | 0907-4449 |
| 英文摘要 | beta-Secretase (beta-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1; BACE1) is a transmembrane aspartic protease that cleaves the beta-amyloid precursor protein en route to generation of the amyloid beta-peptide (A beta) that is believed to be responsible for the Alzheimer's disease amyloid cascade. It is thus a prime target for the development of inhibitors which may serve as drugs in the treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer's disease. In the following determination of the crystal structures of both apo and complexed BACE1, structural analysis of all crystal structures of BACE1 deposited in the PDB and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of monomeric and 'dimeric' BACE1 were used to study conformational changes in the active-site region of the enzyme. It was observed that a flap able to cover the active site is the most flexible region, adopting multiple conformational states in the various crystal structures. Both the presence or absence of an inhibitor within the active site and the crystal packing are shown to influence the flap's conformation. An open conformation of the flap is mostly observed in the apo structures, while direct hydrogen-bonding interaction between main-chain atoms of the flap and the inhibitor is a prerequisite for the flap to adopt a closed conformation in the crystal structures of complexes. Thus, a systematic study of the conformational flexibility of the enzyme may not only contribute to structure-based drug design of BACE1 inhibitors and of other targets with flexible conformations, but may also help to better understand the mechanistic events associated with the binding of substrates and inhibitors to the enzyme. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000298412300002 |
| 公开日期 | 2013-12-05 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.sinap.ac.cn/handle/331007/13169]  |
| 专题 | 上海应用物理研究所_中科院上海应用物理研究所2011-2017年 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xu, YC,Li, MJ,Greenblatt, H,et al. Flexibility of the flap in the active site of BACE1 as revealed by crystal structures and molecular dynamics simulations[J]. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY,2012,68. |
| APA | Xu, YC.,Li, MJ.,Greenblatt, H.,Chen, WY.,Paz, A.,...&Sussman, JL.(2012).Flexibility of the flap in the active site of BACE1 as revealed by crystal structures and molecular dynamics simulations.ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY,68. |
| MLA | Xu, YC,et al."Flexibility of the flap in the active site of BACE1 as revealed by crystal structures and molecular dynamics simulations".ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 68(2012). |
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