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Computational Study of the Structure-Function Relationships of Venon Secreted Phospholipases A2 D49

Oliveira, T. C.1; Guimarães, J. A.1; Amorin, H. L. N.12

1Centro de Biotecnologia, UFRGS, RS; 2Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética e Toxicologia Aplicada (PPGTA), ULBRA, RS


Phospholipases A2 (PLA2) are interfacial active enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis at the sn-2 position of membrane phospholipids. In the catalytic active PLA2 (D49 PLA2), the Asp49 residue plays a key role in the coordination of the ion calcium that assists in the stabilization of the transition state intermediary. Despite the catalytic importance of Ca2+, it has low affinity for sPLA2 active site. Molecular dynamics simulations of a D49 svPLA2 from Agkistrodon halys pallas were performed in aqueous environment, methanol and octanol. Because of the svPLA2 low affinity for the calcium ion in aqueous systems, different restrain forces were applied on Ca2+ and evaluated with respect to ion coordination with key residues. All simulations were performed for a time period of 5 ns using the GROMACS package with GROMOS96 43a2 force field. The results have showed a series of important conformation changes of sPLA2v during its approaches to membrane surface, as the increase of the solvent accessible surface area and the reorientation of side chains of residues of catalytic importance. Analysis of the simulations data were utilized to propose a  interfacial activation model for svPLA2. According, the principal events associated with svPLA2 activation involve: a) the reorganization of calcium binding loop at membrane proximity followed by the of Ca2+ up take; b) side chain reorientation of Trp31, which will define a new specificity pocket for the phospholipid chain; c) reduction of the distance between His48 and Asp49, in order to increase the nucleophilicity of His48; d) side chain reorientation of Lys69 concomitant with the projection of 69-loop to solvent resulting in the increase of the active site accessibility. These results, in addition with knowledge biochemical and crystallographic data, open access to a more detailed understanding for the molecular mechanism associated with the interfacial activation of phospholipases A2.