Molecular dynamic study of orotidine-5′-monophosphate decarboxylase in ground state and in intermediate state: A role of the 203–218 loop dynamics

AUTOR(ES)

Hur, Sun

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Molecular dynamics simulations have been used to derive the structures of ground (orotidine-5′-monophosphate decarboxylase⋅orotidine 5′-monophosphate; ODC⋅OMP) and intermediate (ODC⋅intermediate; ODC⋅I−) states in the ODC-catalyzed decarboxylation of OMP. For comparison, a molecular dynamics simulation of the conformers of OMP dissolved in water was also studied. This structural information is unavailable from present crystal structures. The electrostatic network in the active site around the carboxylate moiety of OMP exhibits remarkable stability. The conformation of enzyme-bound OMP is very similar to the conformation of OMP in water. Thus, the proposed Circe effect mechanism for ODC catalysis is unlikely. Comparison of ground state and intermediate state structures shows that on decarboxylation C6 takes the position of the carboxylate O8. This significant movement of the ligand is accompanied by a placement of the C6 carbanion in the vicinity of the protonated Lys-93 and is enforced by a change of the 203–218 loop from an unstructured form to an ordered β-hairpin. Previously proposed mechanisms involving protonation at O2, O4, or C5 have in common internal stabilization of the anionic intermediate by conjugation with positive charge on the pyrimidine ring. These mechanisms are not supported because there are no proton sources near O2, O4, and C5. We propose that the stabilization of intermediate ODC⋅I− is achieved by movement of the carbanion toward the external cation Lys-93 on decarboxylation and organization of the 203–218 loop. Because the intermediate and transition state are energetically similar, stabilization of the former decreases the free energy content of the latter.

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