Flexibility and function in HIV-1 protease
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
- Vol. 2 (4) , 274-280
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0495-274
Abstract
HIV protease is a homodimeric protein whose activity is essential to viral function. We have investigated the molecular dynamics of the HIV protease, thought to be important for proteinase function, bound to high affinity inhibitors using NMR techniques. Analysis of 15N spin relaxation parameters, of all but 13 backbone amide sites, reveals the presence of significant internal motions of the protein backbone. In particular, the flaps that cover the proteins active site of the protein have terminal loops that undergo large amplitude motions on the ps to ns time scale, while the tips of the flaps undergo a conformational exchange on the μs time scale. This enforces the idea that the flaps of the proteinase are flexible structures that facilitate function by permitting substrate access to and product release from the active site of the enzyme.Keywords
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