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ArticleMolecular bioSystems2016

Allosteric pathways in tetrahydrofolate sensing riboswitch with dynamics correlation network.

Jin-Mai Zhang, Cheng Jiang, Wei Ye, Ray Luo, Hai-Feng Chen

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Article in Molecular bioSystems, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jin-Mai ZhangState Key Laboratory of Microbial metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. haifengchen@sjtu.edu.cn.
Cheng JiangState Key Laboratory of Microbial metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. haifengchen@sjtu.edu.cn.
Wei YeState Key Laboratory of Microbial metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. haifengchen@sjtu.edu.cn.
Ray LuoDepartments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3900, USA. rluo@uci.edu.
Hai-Feng ChenState Key Laboratory of Microbial metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. haifengchen@sjtu.edu.cn and Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, 1278 Keyuan Road, Shanghai, 200235, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNUniversity of California System · US

Funding

AMBER force field consortium: a coherent biomolecular simulation platformR01GM079383 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CIEPLAK, PIOTR, DUAN, YONG · 2007 to 2017
$4.7M
AMBER/PBSA: An Open-Source Computer Program for Accurate and Scalable Solvation Analysis ofBiomoleculesR01GM093040 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LUO, RAY · 2010 to 2018
$2.2M
Tailored Mobile Text Messaging to Reduce Problem DrinkingR34AA021502 · NIAAA · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI MUENCH, FREDERICK JOHN · 2012 to 2014
$675k
NIAAA NIH HHS R34 AA021502NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079383NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Riboswitches are cis-acting genetic control elements. Due to their fundamental importance in bacteria gene regulation, they have been proposed as antibacterial drug targets. Tetrahydrofolate (THF) is an essential cofactor of one-carbon transfer reactions and downregulates the expression of downstream genes. However, information on how to transfer from the binding site of THF to the expression platform is still unavailable. Herein, a nucleotide/nucleotide dynamics correlation network based on an all-atom molecular dynamic simulation was used to reveal the regulation mechanism of a THF-sensing riboswitch. Shortest pathway analysis based on the network illustrates that there is an allosteric pathway through the P2 helix to the pseudoknot, then to the P1 helix in the THF-riboswitch. Thus the hypothesis of "THF-binding induced allosteric switching" was proposed and evaluated using THF and pseudoknot weakened experiments. Furthermore, a possible allosteric pathway of C30-C31-G33-A34-G35-G36-G37-A38-G48-G47-U46-A90-U91-C92-G93-C94-G95-C96 was identified and confirmed through the perturbation of the network. The proposed allosteric mechanism and the underlying allosteric pathway provide fundamental insights for the regulation of THF sensing riboswitches.

Indexed as

Molecular Dynamics SimulationRiboswitchAllosteric RegulationMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular ConformationNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, MessengerTetrahydrofolatesRiboswitchRNA, MessengerTetrahydrofolates

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