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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2019

An Energetically Favorable Ligand Entrance Gate of a Multidrug Transporter Revealed by Partial Nudged Elastic Band Simulations.

Juan Xing, Hu Mei, ShuHeng Huang, Duo Zhang, XianChao Pan

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan XingKey Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
Hu MeiKey Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
ShuHeng HuangKey Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
Duo ZhangKey Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
XianChao PanKey Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
Chongqing University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a multidrug transporter, which harnesses the chemical energy of ATP to power the efflux of diverse chemotherapeutics out of cells and thus contributes to the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer. It has been proved that the ligand-binding pocket of P-gp is located at the transmembrane domains (TMDs). However, the access of ligands into the binding pocket remains to be elucidated, which definitely hinder the development of P-gp inhibitors. Herein, the access pathways of a well-known substrate rhodamine-123 and a cyclopeptide inhibitor QZ-Leu were characterized by time-independent partial nudged elastic band (PNEB) simulations. The decreasing free energies along the PNEB-optimized access pathway indicated that TM4/6 cleft may be an energetically favorable entrance gate for ligand entry into the binding pocket of P-gp. The results can be reconciled with a range of experimental studies, further corroborating the reliability of the gate revealed by computational simulations. Our atomic level description of the ligand access pathway provides valuable insights into the gating mechanism for drug uptake and transport by P-gp and other multidrug transporters.

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ABC, ATP-Binding cassetteAccess pathwayEntrance gateMD, Molecular dynamicsMDR, Multidrug resistanceMultidrug resistancePartial nudged elastic bandP-glycoproteinP-gp, P-GlycoproteinPNEB, Partial nudged elastic bandQSAR, Quantitative structure-activity relationshipRMSDs, Root-mean-square deviationsTMDs, Transmembrane domains

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PMID30899446
PMCPMC6406077
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