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ArticleBiophysical journal2024

Constant-pH MD simulations of the protonation-triggered conformational switching in diphtheria toxin translocation domain.

Nuno F B Oliveira, Alexey S Ladokhin, Miguel Machuqueiro

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Nuno F B OliveiraBioISI - Instituto de Biosistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Alexey S LadokhinDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. Electronic address: aladokhin@kumc.edu.
Miguel MachuqueiroBioISI - Instituto de Biosistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: machuque@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

Funding

Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Conformational Switching during Protein Insertion into MembranesR01GM145991 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ALEXEY LADOKHIN, DAMIEN THEVENIN · 2023 to 2026
$2.0M
Controlling Adipocyte-Myofibroblast Interactions to Improve HealingR01GM145626 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI James Allen Ankrum, EDWARD A SANDER · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM145626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protonation of key residues in the diphtheria toxin translocation (T)-domain triggered by endosomal acidification is critical for inducing a series of conformational transitions critical for the cellular entry of the toxin. Previous experiments revealed the importance of histidine residues in modulating pH-dependent transitions. They suggested the presence of a "safety latch" preventing premature refolding of the T-domain by a yet poorly understood mechanism. Here, we used constant-pH molecular dynamics simulations to systematically investigate the protonation sequence in the wild-type T-domain and the following mutants: H223Q, H257Q, E259Q, and H223Q/H257Q. Comparison of these computational results with previous experimental data on T-domain stability and activity with the H-to-Q replacements confirms the role of H223 (pK

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Diphtheria ToxinMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein DomainsProtonsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMutationDiphtheria ToxinProtons

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PMID39215463
PMCPMC11700360

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