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ArticleHeliyon2025

Shafaat Hossain, Omar Hamza Bin Manjur, Mst Sharmin Sultana Shimu, Tamanna Sultana, Mustafizur Rahman Naim, Shahariar Siddique, Abdullah Al Mamun, Md Miftaur Rahman, Md Abu Saleh, Md Rakibul Hasan and 1 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors.

Shafaat HossainDepartment of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Houston, USA.
Omar Hamza Bin ManjurDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mst Sharmin Sultana ShimuDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Tamanna SultanaDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mustafizur Rahman NaimBiomedical and Toxicological Research Institute (BTRI), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Shahariar SiddiqueInstitute of Food Science and Technology (IFST), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Abdullah Al MamunDepartment of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Md Miftaur RahmanBangladesh Dental College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Md Abu SalehDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Md Rakibul HasanInstitute of Technology Transfer and Innovation (ITTI), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Tania RahmanDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystatin A (CSTA) functions as a cysteine protease inhibitor by forming tight complexes with the cathepsins. Pathogenic mutations in the CSTA gene can disrupt this interaction, potentially leading to physiological ailments. In this study, eight bioinformatics tools (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, PROVEAN, P-Mut, MutPred2, SNAP2, SNPs & GO, and PHD-SNP) were implemented to analyze non-synonymous SNPs from the dbSNP database. Five mutations (Y43C, Y43N, V48F, Y53H, and E94K) located in the conserved region were found to be highly deleterious and less stabilizing. The protein-protein interaction network found that Cathepsin B (CTSB) interacts highly with CSTA. Mutated CSTAs were created by homology modeling, and their altered binding with CTSB was examined through molecular docking and dynamics simulations. Among these, the Y53H (rs1448459675) and E94K (rs200394711) mutants were recognized as weaker inhibitors because they had 2.5 % and an 8 % lower binding affinity, respectively. Moreover, the E94K-CTSB complex, with a root mean square deviation (RMSD) above 5 Å, was found to be highly unstable during molecular dynamics. The root mean square fluctuation (RMSF) of the E94K mutant showed insufficient flexibility, indicating a reduced capacity to suppress CTSB. These findings suggest that the E94K mutation could affect the protein structure and cathepsin B interaction, potentially leading to pathological consequences as evidenced by colorectal adenocarcinoma patients in the COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer) database.

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COSMICDockingHomology modelingMetastasisMolecular dynamicsStefin A

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PMID40007784
PMCPMC11850136

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