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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2019

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Substrate Release from Trypanosoma cruzi UDP-Galactopyranose Mutase.

Rodrigo Cossio-Pérez, Gustavo Pierdominici-Sottile, Pablo Sobrado, Juliana Palma

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Rodrigo Cossio-PérezDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología , Universidad Nacional de Quilmes , CONICET, Bernal , Buenos Aires B1876BXD , Argentina.
Gustavo Pierdominici-SottileDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología , Universidad Nacional de Quilmes , CONICET, Bernal , Buenos Aires B1876BXD , Argentina.
Pablo SobradoDepartment of Biochemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia 24060 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1494-5382
Juliana PalmaDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología , Universidad Nacional de Quilmes , CONICET, Bernal , Buenos Aires B1876BXD , Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-0761-0253

Funding

Mechanistic and structural studies of eukaryotic UDP-galactopyranose mutasesR01GM094469 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI SOBRADO, PABLO, TANNER, JOHN J · 2010 to 2019
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM094469
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enzyme UDP-galactopyranose mutase (UGM) represents a promising drug target for the treatment of infections with Trypanosoma cruzi. We have computed the Potential of Mean Force for the release of UDP-galactopyranose from UGM, using Umbrella Sampling simulations. The simulations revealed the conformational changes that both substrate and enzyme undergo during the process. It was determined that the galactopyranose portion of the substrate is highly mobile and that the opening/closing of the active site occurs in stages. Previously uncharacterized interactions with highly conserved residues were also identified. These findings provide new pieces of information that contribute to the rational design of drugs against T. cruzi.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationCatalytic DomainGalactoseIntramolecular TransferasesKineticsTrypanosoma cruziGalactoseIntramolecular TransferasesUDP-galactopyranose mutase

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PMID30608160
PMCPMC6441589

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