Steered molecular dynamics simulations on the binding of the appendant structure and helix-β2 in domain-swapped human cystatin C dimer
Shen, M. and Guan, J. and Xu, L. and He, J. and Jones, G.W. and Song, Y. (2012) Steered molecular dynamics simulations on the binding of the appendant structure and helix-β2 in domain-swapped human cystatin C dimer. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics . ISSN 0739-1102 AbstractWe have performed steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations to investigate the dissociation process between the appendant structure (AS) and helix-β2 in human cystatin C dimer. Energy change during SMD showed that electrostatic interactions, including hydrogen bonds and salt bridges, were the dominant interactions to stabilize the two parts of the dimer. Furthermore, our data indicated that residues, Asn35, Asp40, Ser44, Lys75, and Arg93 play significant roles in the formation of these electrostatic interactions. Docking studies suggested that the interactions between AS and β2-helix were formed following domain swapping and were responsible for stabilizing the structure of the domain-swapped dimer. Repository Staff Only: item control page
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