Integrated experimental biophysics and molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules in solution - the interaction of nuclear receptors with DNA response elements and the inter-domain dynamics of Cellobiohydrolase I / Estudos por modelagem e dinâmica molecular integradas a técnicas físicas para biomoléculas em solução - interação de receptores nucleares a elementos responsivos no DNA e dinâmica inter-domínios da celobiohidrolase I

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

26/09/2011

RESUMO

Collective motions play a fundamental role in solution biomolecule dynamics and energetics. These movements can couple very distant regions in the protein structures affection, for instance, allosteric mechanisms, the establishment of macromolecular complexes, and on the integrated function of multidomain proteins as molecullar machines. In this thesis, we present results concerning to the joint use of experimental biophysical techniques, structural modeling and molecular dynamics simulations on the study of two systems for which these collective motions have substantial importance. First, we study the interaction of the nuclear retinoid X receptor with its specific DNA hormone response element (HRE) using a combination of molecular dynamics simulations and affinity assays performed by using fluorescence anisotropy. We find out that collective motions mediate the low binding affinity of monomers and the high cooperative binding of HRE dimers. The lower binding affinity of the monomer is more prominent for 5´ monomers. This occur due to an natural ineffective stacking of the last base pair step at the 5´-half-site and to the phasing of the two binding half-sites in the DNA topology, that impose a collective motions that tends to occlude the 5´ binding site. This behavior, in turn, is concurrent with the well known 3´ polarity and the decreased binding specificity to the 5´ half site for the hRXRα monomer. This same pattern impose a lock-and-key mechanisms dependent on the binding of the full dimer. Second, an integrated Small angle X ray scattering and molecular dynamics based structural modeling was used to comprehend the interdomain motions of cellobiohydrolase I of Trichoderma harziannum. We manage to build a refined model for this enzime, with important biotechnological potential. We also provide insights into molecular mechanisms of linker and glycosylation imposed restraints on the orientation and vibrational modes of the full-length enzyme, supporting a mechanism of sliding of on the cellulose surface. This mechanism is fundamental for the high processivity on the hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose.

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trichoderma harziannum trichoderma harziannum cellobiohydrolase i celobiohidrolase i dinâmica molecular espalhamento de raios-x a baixos ângulos fluorescence anisotropy molecular dynamics nuclear receptors receptor do ácido 9-cis-retinóico receptores nucleares small angle x-ray scattering anisotropia de fluorescência retinoid x receptor

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