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Docking study and free energy simulation of the complex between p53 DNA-binding domain and azurin

✍ Scribed by Valentina De Grandis; Anna Rita Bizzarri; Salvatore Cannistraro

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
515 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0952-3499

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Abstract

Molecular interaction between p53 tumor suppressor and the copper protein azurin (AZ) has been demonstrated to enhance p53 stability and hence antitumoral function, opening new perspectives in cancer treatment. While some experimental work has provided evidence for AZ binding to p53, no crystal structure for the p53–AZ complex was solved thus far. In this work the association between AZ and the p53 DNA‐binding domain (DBD) was investigated by computational methods. Using a combination of rigid‐body protein docking, experimental mutagenesis information, and cluster analysis 10 main p53 DBD–AZ binding modes were generated. The resulting structures were further characterized by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and free energy calculations. We found that the highest scored docking conformation for the p53 DBD–AZ complex also yielded the most favorable free energy value. This best three‐dimensional model for the complex was validated by using a computational mutagenesis strategy. In this structure AZ binds to the flexible L~1~ and s~7~–s~8~ loops of the p53 DBD and stabilizes them through protein–protein tight packing interactions, resulting in high degree of both surface matching and electrostatic complementarity. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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