Article ; Online: Molecular dynamics analysis of a flexible loop at the binding interface of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain.
2021 Volume 90, Issue 5, Page(s) 1044–1053
Abstract: Since the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as the causative agent of the current COVID-19 pandemic, considerable effort has been spent characterizing the interaction between the Spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD) and the human angiotensin ... ...
| Abstract | Since the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as the causative agent of the current COVID-19 pandemic, considerable effort has been spent characterizing the interaction between the Spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD) and the human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor. This has provided a detailed picture of the end point structure of the RBD-ACE2 binding event, but what remains to be elucidated is the conformation and dynamics of the RBD prior to its interaction with ACE2. In this work, we utilize molecular dynamics simulations to probe the flexibility and conformational ensemble of the unbound state of the receptor-binding domain from SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV. We have found that the unbound RBD has a localized region of dynamic flexibility in Loop 3 and that mutations identified during the COVID-19 pandemic in Loop 3 do not affect this flexibility. We use a loop-modeling protocol to generate and simulate novel conformations of the CoV2-RBD Loop 3 region that sample conformational space beyond the ACE2 bound crystal structure. This has allowed for the identification of interesting substates of the unbound RBD that are lower energy than the ACE2-bound conformation, and that block key residues along the ACE2 binding interface. These novel unbound substates may represent new targets for therapeutic design. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 ; Binding Sites ; COVID-19 ; Humans ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Pandemics ; Protein Binding ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/chemistry |
| Chemical Substances | Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (EC 3.4.17.23) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-08-23 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
| ZDB-ID | 806683-8 |
| ISSN | 1097-0134 ; 0887-3585 |
| ISSN (online) | 1097-0134 |
| ISSN | 0887-3585 |
| DOI | 10.1002/prot.26208 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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