Molecular dynamic simulation to explore the molecular basis of Btk-PH domain interaction with Ins(1,3,4,5)P4

ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 Nov 6:2013:580456. doi: 10.1155/2013/580456. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

Bruton's tyrosine kinase contains a pleckstrin homology domain, and it specifically binds inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (Ins(1,3,4,5)P4), which is involved in the maturation of B cells. In this paper, we studied 12 systems including the wild type and 11 mutants, K12R, S14F, K19E, R28C/H, E41K, L11P, F25S, Y40N, and K12R-R28C/H, to investigate any change in the ligand binding site of each mutant. Molecular dynamics simulations combined with the method of molecular mechanics/Poisson-Boltzmann solvent-accessible surface area have been applied to the twelve systems, and reasonable mutant structures and their binding free energies have been obtained as criteria in the final classification. As a result, five structures, K12R, K19E, R28C/H, and E41K mutants, were classified as "functional mutations," whereas L11P, S14F, F25S, and Y40N were grouped into "folding mutations." This rigorous study of the binding affinity of each of the mutants and their classification provides some new insights into the biological function of the Btk-PH domain and related mutation-causing diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase
  • Amino Acid Substitution
  • Binding Sites / genetics
  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Inositol Phosphates / metabolism*
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Mutant Proteins / chemistry
  • Mutant Proteins / genetics
  • Mutant Proteins / metabolism
  • Protein Folding
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / chemistry*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Inositol Phosphates
  • Ligands
  • Mutant Proteins
  • inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase
  • BTK protein, human