A comprehensive protein design protocol to identify resistance mutations and signatures of adaptation in pathogens

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Most pathogens mutate and evolve over time to escape immune and drug pressure. To achieve this, they alter specific hotspot residues in their intracellular proteins to render the targeted drug(s) ineffective and develop resistance. Such hotspot residues may be located as a cluster or uniformly as a signature of adaptation in a protein. Identifying the hotspots and signatures is extremely important to comprehensively understand the disease pathogenesis and rapidly develop next-generation therapeutics. As experimental methods are time-consuming and often cumbersome, there is a need to develop efficient computational protocols and adequately utilize them. To address this issue, we present a unique computational protein design protocol that identifies hotspot residues, resistance mutations and signatures of adaptation in a pathogen's protein against a bound drug. Using the protocol, the binding affinity between the designed mutants and drug is computed quickly, which offers predictions for comparison with biophysical experiments. The applicability and accuracy of the protocol are shown using case studies of a few protein-drug complexes. As a validation, resistance mutations in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 main protease (Mpro) against narlaprevir (an inhibitor of hepatitis C NS3/4A serine protease) are identified. Notably, a detailed methodology and description of the working principles of the protocol are presented. In conclusion, our protocol will assist in providing a first-hand explanation of adaptation, hotspot-residue variations and surveillance of evolving resistance mutations in a pathogenic protein.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Briefings in functional genomics - 22(2023), 2 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 195-203

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Padhi, Aditya K [VerfasserIn]
Tripathi, Timir [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptable mutations
Adaptation signatures
Antiviral Agents
Binding affinity
Computational protocol
Drug resistance
Journal Article
Main protease
Protein design
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.04.2023

Date Revised 12.05.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/bfgp/elac020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343718022