Thermodynamic Integration Networks and Their Application to Charge Transfer Reactions within the AauDyPI Fungal Peroxidase

J Phys Chem B. 2016 Jun 9;120(22):4937-44. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03327. Epub 2016 May 27.

Abstract

We present a computer simulation study of the thermodynamics and kinetics of charge transfer reactions within the fungal peroxidase AauDyPI from Auricularia auriculae-judae. Driving forces and reorganization energies are obtained from a thermodynamic integration scheme based upon molecular dynamics simulations. To enhance the numerical accuracy, the free energies are analyzed within a least-squares scheme of a closely knit thermodynamic network. We identify Tyr147, Tyr229, and Trp105 as oxidative agents, and find Trp377 to be a long-lived reaction intermediate. The results are compared to recent experimental findings.

MeSH terms

  • Basidiomycota / enzymology
  • Fungal Proteins / chemistry*
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Peroxidases / chemistry*
  • Peroxidases / metabolism
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins
  • Peroxidases