This paper presents optimizations of the GENESIS molecular dynamics (MD) software for LUMI. GENESIS is a state-of-the-art MD program capable of simulating large-scale biological systems, yet it requires significant op...
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The inside of a cell is highly crowded with a large number of macromolecules together with solvents and metabolites. To know the molecular-level behaviour of biomolecules in such dense crowding environment, we constru...
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Precise regulation of protein kinase activity is crucial in cell functions, and its loss is implicated in various diseases. The kinase activity is regulated by interconverting active and inactive states in the conform...
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The inside of a cell is highly crowded with a large number of macromolecules together with solvents and metabolites. To know the molecular-level behaviour of biomolecules in such dense crowding environment, we constru...
The inside of a cell is highly crowded with a large number of macromolecules together with solvents and metabolites. To know the molecular-level behaviour of biomolecules in such dense crowding environment, we constructed full atomistic model of the cytoplasm of bacteria, and performed massive all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. On the other hand, to analyse such big MD data, we need significant computational power and efficient calculation methodology. Here, we introduce what and how we analyse the biomolecule properties from the big trajectory data produced by cellular scale all-atom MD simulations.
Enzymes catalyzing [4+2] cycloaddition have attracted increasing attention because of their key roles in natural product biosynthesis. Here, we solved the X-ray crystal structures of a pair of decalin synthases, Fsa2 ...
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Enzymes catalyzing [4+2] cycloaddition have attracted increasing attention because of their key roles in natural product biosynthesis. Here, we solved the X-ray crystal structures of a pair of decalin synthases, Fsa2 and Phm7, that catalyze intramolecular [4+2] cycloadditions to form enantiomeric decalin scaffolds during biosynthesis of the HIV-1 integrase inhibitor equisetin and its stereochemical opposite, phomasetin. Computational modeling, using molecular dynamics simulations as well as quantum chemical calculations, demonstrates that the reactions proceed through synergetic conformational constraints assuring transition state-like substrates folds and their stabilization by specific protein-substrate interactions. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments verified the binding models. Intriguingly, the flexibility of bound substrates is largely different in two enzymes, suggesting the distinctive mechanism of dynamics regulation behind these stereoselective reactions. The proposed reaction mechanism herein deepens the basic understanding how these enzymes work but also provides a guiding principle to create artificial enzymes.
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