Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains
Fatty acid synthase (FASN, EC 2.3.1.85), is a multi-enzyme dimer complex that plays a critical role in lipogenesis. This lipogenic enzyme has gained importance beyond its physiological role due to its implications in several clinical conditions-cancers, obesity, and diabetes. This has made FASN an a...
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| description | Fatty acid synthase (FASN, EC 2.3.1.85), is a multi-enzyme dimer complex that plays a critical role in lipogenesis. This lipogenic enzyme has gained importance beyond its physiological role due to its implications in several clinical conditions-cancers, obesity, and diabetes. This has made FASN an attractive pharmacological target. Here, we have attempted to predict the theoretical models for the human enoyl reductase (ER) and β-ketoacyl reductase (KR) domains based on the porcine FASN crystal structure, which was the structurally closest template available at the time of this study. Comparative modeling methods were used for studying the structure-function relationships. Different validation studies revealed the predicted structures to be highly plausible. The respective substrates of ER and KR domains-namely, trans-butenoyl and β-ketobutyryl-were computationally docked into active sites using Glide in order to understand the probable binding mode. The molecular dynamics simulations of the apo and holo states of ER and KR showed stable backbone root mean square deviation trajectories with minimal deviation. Ramachandran plot analysis showed 96.0% of residues in the most favorable region for ER and 90.3% for the KR domain, respectively. Thus, the predicted models yielded significant insights into the substrate binding modes of the ER and KR catalytic domains and will aid in identifying novel chemical inhibitors of human FASN that target these domains. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8966e4b075a545dc9c40847134c32e9d2025-02-02T13:52:34ZengBioMed CentralGenomics & Informatics1598-866X2234-07422015-03-01131152410.5808/GI.2015.13.1.15143Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic DomainsArun John0Vetrivel Umashankar1Subramanian Krishnakumar2Perinkulam Ravi Deepa3Centre for Bioinformatics, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600-006, India.Centre for Bioinformatics, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600-006, India.Larsen and Toubro Department of Ocular Pathology, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600-006, India.Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India.Fatty acid synthase (FASN, EC 2.3.1.85), is a multi-enzyme dimer complex that plays a critical role in lipogenesis. This lipogenic enzyme has gained importance beyond its physiological role due to its implications in several clinical conditions-cancers, obesity, and diabetes. This has made FASN an attractive pharmacological target. Here, we have attempted to predict the theoretical models for the human enoyl reductase (ER) and β-ketoacyl reductase (KR) domains based on the porcine FASN crystal structure, which was the structurally closest template available at the time of this study. Comparative modeling methods were used for studying the structure-function relationships. Different validation studies revealed the predicted structures to be highly plausible. The respective substrates of ER and KR domains-namely, trans-butenoyl and β-ketobutyryl-were computationally docked into active sites using Glide in order to understand the probable binding mode. The molecular dynamics simulations of the apo and holo states of ER and KR showed stable backbone root mean square deviation trajectories with minimal deviation. Ramachandran plot analysis showed 96.0% of residues in the most favorable region for ER and 90.3% for the KR domain, respectively. Thus, the predicted models yielded significant insights into the substrate binding modes of the ER and KR catalytic domains and will aid in identifying novel chemical inhibitors of human FASN that target these domains.http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gni-13-15.pdfβ-ketoacyl reductase molecular dynamics simulationcomparative modelingdockingenoyl reductasefatty acid synthase |
| spellingShingle | Arun John Vetrivel Umashankar Subramanian Krishnakumar Perinkulam Ravi Deepa Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains Genomics & Informatics β-ketoacyl reductase molecular dynamics simulation comparative modeling docking enoyl reductase fatty acid synthase |
| title | Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains |
| title_full | Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains |
| title_fullStr | Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains |
| title_short | Comparative Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Substrate Binding in Human Fatty Acid Synthase: Enoyl Reductase and β-Ketoacyl Reductase Catalytic Domains |
| title_sort | comparative modeling and molecular dynamics simulation of substrate binding in human fatty acid synthase enoyl reductase and β ketoacyl reductase catalytic domains |
| topic | β-ketoacyl reductase molecular dynamics simulation comparative modeling docking enoyl reductase fatty acid synthase |
| url | http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gni-13-15.pdf |
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