A molecular dynamics study and free energy analysis of complexes between the Mlc1p protein and two IQ motif peptides

Biophys J. 2006 Oct 1;91(7):2436-50. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.085399. Epub 2006 Jul 14.

Abstract

The Mlc1p protein from the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a Calmodulin-like protein, which interacts with IQ-motif peptides located at the yeast's myosin neck. In this study, we report a molecular dynamics study of the Mlc1p-IQ2 protein-peptide complex, starting with its crystal structure, and investigate its dynamics in an aqueous solution. The results are compared with those obtained by a previous study, where we followed the solution structure of the Mlc1p-IQ4 protein-peptide complex by molecular dynamics simulations. After the simulations, we performed an interaction free-energy analysis using the molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area approach. Based on the dynamics of the Mlc1p-IQ protein-peptide complexes, the structure of the light-chain-binding domain of myosin V from the yeast S. cerevisiae is discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Myosin Light Chains / chemistry*
  • Myosins / chemistry*
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / chemistry*
  • Solutions
  • Static Electricity

Substances

  • MLC1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Myosin Light Chains
  • Peptides
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Solutions
  • Myosins