Molecular dynamics studies of the HIV-1 TAR and its complex with argininamide
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- 15 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 28 (24) , 4944-4955
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/28.24.4944
Abstract
The dynamic behavior of HIV-1 TAR and its complex with argininamide is investigated by means of molecular dynamics simulations starting from NMR structures, with explicit inclusion of water and periodic boundary conditions particle mesh Ewald representation of the electrostatic energy. During simulations of free and argininamide-bound TAR, local structural patterns, as determined by NMR experiments, were reproduced. An interdomain motion was observed in the simulations of free TAR, which is absent in the case of bound TAR, leading to the conclusion that the free conformation of TAR is intrinsically more flexible than the bound conformation. In particular, in the bound conformation the TAR–argininamide interface is very well ordered, as a result of the formation of a U·A·U base triple, which imposes structural constraints on the global conformation of the molecule. Free energy analysis, which includes solvation contributions, was used to evaluate the influence of van der Waals and electrostatic terms on formation of the complex and on the conformational rearrangement from free to bound TAR.Keywords
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