Structure-based functional site recognition for p21-activated kinase 4

Arch Pharm Res. 2013 Dec;36(12):1494-9. doi: 10.1007/s12272-013-0165-8. Epub 2013 Sep 7.

Abstract

Recently, many molecular modeling methods are being developed to better understand the principles underlying protein folding. In the present study, fully flexible dinucleotides d(pApA), d(pApC), d(pApG), d(pApT), d(pCpA), d(pCpC), d(pCpG), d(pCpT), d(pGpA), d(pGpC), d(pGpG), d(pGpT), d(pTpA), d(pTpC), d(pTpG) and d(pTpT) were docked onto the surface of p21-activated kinase 4 (PAK4) kinase domain. The results showed that automated docking was a useful tool to identify the functional sites of PAK4 and it may provide a theoretical basis for the interaction data obtained from previous experiments. Therefore, structure-based docking with fully flexible dinucleotide probes might be a good tool to predict and annotate the functional sites of enzymes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites / physiology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Molecular Docking Simulation / methods*
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • p21-Activated Kinases / chemistry*
  • p21-Activated Kinases / metabolism*

Substances

  • PAK4 protein, human
  • p21-Activated Kinases