Gibbs Free Energy Calculation of Mutation in PncA and RpsA Associated With Pyrazinamide Resistance

Copyright © 2020 Khan, Ali, Zeb, Kaushik, Malik and Wei..

A central approach for better understanding the forces involved in maintaining protein structures is to investigate the protein folding and thermodynamic properties. The effect of the folding process is often disturbed in mutated states. To explore the dynamic properties behind mutations, molecular dynamic (MD) simulations have been widely performed, especially in unveiling the mechanism of drug failure behind mutation. When comparing wild type (WT) and mutants (MTs), the structural changes along with solvation free energy (SFE), and Gibbs free energy (GFE) are calculated after the MD simulation, to measure the effect of mutations on protein structure. Pyrazinamide (PZA) is one of the first-line drugs, effective against latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, affecting the global TB control program 2030. Resistance to this drug emerges due to mutations in pncA and rpsA genes, encoding pyrazinamidase (PZase) and ribosomal protein S1 (RpsA) respectively. The question of how the GFE may be a measure of PZase and RpsA stabilities, has been addressed in the current review. The GFE and SFE of MTs have been compared with WT, which were already found to be PZA-resistant. WT structures attained a more stable state in comparison with MTs. The physiological effect of a mutation in PZase and RpsA may be due to the difference in energies. This difference between WT and MTs, depicted through GFE plots, might be useful in predicting the stability and PZA-resistance behind mutation. This study provides useful information for better management of drug resistance, to control the global TB problem.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in molecular biosciences - 7(2020) vom: 31., Seite 52

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khan, Muhammad Tahir [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Sajid [VerfasserIn]
Zeb, Muhammad Tariq [VerfasserIn]
Kaushik, Aman Chandra [VerfasserIn]
Malik, Shaukat Iqbal [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Dong-Qing [VerfasserIn]

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GFE
Journal Article
Mutants
PZase
Resistance
RpsA
Wild type

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Date Revised 13.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmolb.2020.00052

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309128420