Conformers, Properties of the Anticancer Drug Plocabulin, and its Binding Mechanism with p-Glycoprotein: DFT and MD StudiesShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Australian journal of chemistry (Print), ISSN 0004-9425, E-ISSN 1445-0038, Vol. 74, no 7, p. 529-539Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Plocabulin (PM060184) is a promising new anticancer drug as a microtubule inhibitor. The conformational structure and properties of plocabulin have been studied theoretically. The initial structure was screened by the B3LYP/3-21G∗ method, and then 32 unique conformations were further optimised with the B3LYP/6-311G∗ method. The single-point energies were determined at the M06-L/6-311G(2df,p) level. The UV excitation of the most stable plocabulin conformation in methanol was studied by the TD-CAM-B3LYP/6-311G(2df,p) method. High-quality human p-glycoprotein model was obtained through homology modelling. The binding interaction between p-glycoprotein and plocabulin was studied by docking and MD simulation. LEU65, TYR310, ILE340, THR945, PHE983, MET986, and GLN990 were found to be important amino acid residues in the interaction. From a certain perspective, the 'reverse exclusion' mechanism of plocabulin with p-glycoprotein was illustrated, and this mechanism provides theoretical guidance for the structural modification of plocabulin and for design of drug's to avoid p-glycoprotein-mediated drug resistance.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
CSIRO Publishing , 2021. Vol. 74, no 7, p. 529-539
Keywords [en]
Binding energy, Design for testability, Amino acid residues, Binding interaction, Binding mechanisms, Conformational structures, Homology modelling, Initial structures, Single-point energy, Structural modifications, Glycoproteins
National Category
Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-307074DOI: 10.1071/CH20320ISI: 000625992300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85102201045OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-307074DiVA, id: diva2:1631010
Note
QC 20220121
2022-01-212022-01-212025-02-20Bibliographically approved