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Large-scale, dynamin-like motions of the human guanylate binding protein 1 revealed by multi-resolution simulations.


ABSTRACT: Guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) belong to the dynamin-related superfamily and exhibit various functions in the fight against infections. The functions of the human guanylate binding protein 1 (hGBP1) are tightly coupled to GTP hydrolysis and dimerization. Despite known crystal structures of the hGBP1 monomer and GTPase domain dimer, little is known about the dynamics of hGBP1. To gain a mechanistic understanding of hGBP1, we performed sub-millisecond multi-resolution molecular dynamics simulations of both the hGBP1 monomer and dimer. We found that hGBP1 is a highly flexible protein that undergoes a hinge motion similar to the movements observed for other dynamin-like proteins. Another large-scale motion was observed for the C-terminal helix ?13, providing a molecular view for the ?13-?13 distances previously reported for the hGBP1 dimer. Most of the loops of the GTPase domain were found to be flexible, revealing why GTP binding is needed for hGBP1 dimerization to occur.

SUBMITTER: Barz B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797221 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Large-scale, dynamin-like motions of the human guanylate binding protein 1 revealed by multi-resolution simulations.

Barz Bogdan B   Loschwitz Jennifer J   Strodel Birgit B  

PLoS computational biology 20191007 10


Guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) belong to the dynamin-related superfamily and exhibit various functions in the fight against infections. The functions of the human guanylate binding protein 1 (hGBP1) are tightly coupled to GTP hydrolysis and dimerization. Despite known crystal structures of the hGBP1 monomer and GTPase domain dimer, little is known about the dynamics of hGBP1. To gain a mechanistic understanding of hGBP1, we performed sub-millisecond multi-resolution molecular dynamics simulat  ...[more]

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