Abstract
Long-duration comparative molecular dynamics simulations of the DNA-topoisomerase binary and DNA-topoisomerase-indenoisoquinoline ternary complexes have been carried out. The analyses demonstrated the role of the drug in conformationally stabilizing the protein-DNA interaction. In detail, the protein lips, clamping the DNA substrate, interact more tightly in the ternary complex than in the binary one. The drug also reduces the conformational space sampled by the protein linker domain through an increased interaction with the helix bundle proximal to the active site. A similar alteration of linker domain dynamics has been observed in a precedent work for topotecan but the molecular mechanisms were different if compared to those described in this work. Finally, the indenoisoquinoline keeps Lys532 far from the DNA, making it unable to participate in the religation reaction, indicating that both short- and long-range interactions contribute to the drug poisoning effect.
Date of this Version
12-6-2012
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0051354
Recommended Citation
Mancini, Giordano; D'Annessa, Ilda; Coletta, Andrea; Chillemi, Giovanni; Pommier, Yves; Cushman, Mark S.; and Desideri, Alessandro, "Binding of an Indenoisoquinoline to the Topoisomerase-DNA Complex Induces Reduction of Linker Mobility and Strengthening of Protein-DNA Interaction." (2012). Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Faculty Publications. Paper 3.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051354
Comments
This is the publisher pdf of Mancini G, D’Annessa I, Coletta A, Chillemi G, Pommier Y, et al. (2012) Binding of an Indenoisoquinoline to the Topoisomerase-DNA Complex Induces Reduction of Linker Mobility and Strengthening of Protein-DNA Interaction. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51354 and is available at: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051354.