Abstract
Cuticle-degrading serine protease Ver112, which derived from a nematophagous fungus Lecanicillium psalliotae, has been exhibited to have high cuticle-degrading and nematicidal activities. We have performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulation based on the crystal structure of Ver112 to investigate its dynamic properties and large-scale concerted motions. The results indicate that the structural core of Ver112 shows a small fluctuation amplitude, whereas the substrate binding sites, and the regions close to and opposite the substrate binding sites experience significant conformational fluctuations. The large concerted motions obtained from essential dynamics (ED) analysis of MD trajectory can lead to open or close of the substrate binding sites, which are proposed to be linked to the functional properties of Ver112, such as substrate binding, orientation, catalytic, and release. The significant motion in the loop regions that is located opposite the binding sites are considered to play an important role in modulating the dynamics of the substrate binding sites. Furthermore, the bottom of free energy landscape (FEL) of Ver112 are rugged, which is mainly caused by the fluctuations of substrate binding regions and loops located opposite the binding site. In addition, the mechanism underlying the high flexibility and catalytic activity of Ver112 was also discussed. Our simulation study complements the biochemical and structural studies, and provides insight into the dynamics-function relationship of cuticle-degrading serine protease Ver112.
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