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ArticleInterdisciplinary sciences, computational life sciences2021

Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal the Modulated Mechanism of STING Conformation.

Li Chen, Shuang Zhao, Yanyan Zhu, Yongsheng Liu, Huiyu Li, Qingjie Zhao

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Article in Interdisciplinary sciences, computational life sciences, 2021. 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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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Li ChenCollege of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China.
Shuang ZhaoCollege of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China.
Yanyan ZhuCollege of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China.
Yongsheng LiuCollege of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China.
Huiyu LiCollege of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China. huiyuli@shiep.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-7107
Qingjie ZhaoShanghai Institute of Material Medical, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China. zhaoqingjie@simm.ac.cn.
Shanghai University of Electric Power · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 51672172
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stimulator of interferon genes (STING), which is an integral ER-membrane protein, could induce an antiviral state and boost antitumor immunity. Recent experiments reported that different small molecules could modulate the conformation of the STING. However, the mechanism of small molecules modulating the conformation of STING is still unknown. To illustrate the conformational modulated mechanism of STING by small molecules at atomic level, we investigated the interactions between STING and the small molecules: cGAMP and diABZI with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations method. Interestingly, we found that the residues of STING in the binding pocket are more flexible in the monomers of STING than that in the dimer of STING. We also demonstrated that cGAMP and diABZI have a similar binding mode to STING monomers/dimer, and π-π stacking interactions play important roles for the agonists and STING. Our study proposed mechanistic insights into the STING conformation modulated by small molecules and we suggested that the special molecule (e. g. diABZI) could induce the conformational transition of STING from the "open" monomers to the "closed" dimer state. Our research may provide a clue for the development of cancer immunotherapy.

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Membrane ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationAntiviral AgentsHumansAntiviral AgentsMembrane ProteinsBinding siteModulated mechanismMolecular dynamics simulationSmall moleculeSTINGπ–π stacking interaction

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