Abstract
Self-consistent charge density functional tight binding (SCC-DFTB) is a promising method for hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) simulations of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The acylation reaction of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), a promising drug target, was investigated by applying a SCC-DFTB/CHARMM27 scheme. Calculated potential energy barriers resulted in reasonable agreement with experiments for oleamide (OA) and oleoylmethyl ester (OME) substrates, outperforming previous calculations performed at the PM3/CHARMM22 level. Furthermore, the experimental preference of FAAH in hydrolyzing OA faster than OME was adequately reproduced by calculations. All these findings indicate that the SCC-DFTB/CHARMM27 approach can be successfully applied to mechanistic investigations of FAAH-catalyzed reactions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2375-2383 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Molecular Modeling |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2011 |
Research Groups and Themes
- Bristol BioDesign Institute
- Physical & Theoretical
Keywords
- synthetic biology
- QM/MM
- ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE
- SCC-DFTB
- QUANTUM-CHEMICAL METHODS
- DYNAMICS
- FAAH
- ENZYME CATALYSIS
- FUNCTIONAL TIGHT-BINDING
- SYSTEMS
- Reaction mechanism
- A BETA-LACTAMASE
- COMPUTER-SIMULATIONS
- DETERMINANTS
- Computational enzymology
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COMPUTATIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY: PREDICTIVE MODELLING FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Mulholland, A. J. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/08 → 1/04/14
Project: Research
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