Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal Novel Interacting Regions of Human Prion Protein to Brucella abortus Hsp60 Protein

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The distinctive morphology characteristics of microfold cells (M cells) allow the vaccine antigen not only to interact with immune cells directly, but also to effectively stimulate mucosal immune responses via receptors on its apical surface. Human prion protein, a transmembrane receptor for Brucella abortus Hsp60, is highly expressed on the M cell surface. Nonetheless, this protein tends to express in inclusion body in prokaryotic hosts. In this study, the shorter interacting regions of human prion protein were identified via computational methods such as docking and molecular dynamics simulations to minimize its aggregation tendency. The computational calculations revealed three novel human prion protein-interacting regions, namely PrP125, PrP174, and PrP180. In accordance with in silico prediction, the biologically synthesized peptides fusing with GST tag demonstrated their specific binding to Hsp60 protein via pull-down assay. Hence, this finding laid the groundwork for M-cell targeting candidate validation through these newly identified interacting regions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

Molecular biotechnology - 66(2024), 4 vom: 22. Apr., Seite 687-695

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Le-Dao, Hoang-Anh [VerfasserIn]
Dinh, Thuan-Thien [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Thuoc Linh [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Vannajan Sanghiran [VerfasserIn]
Tran-Van, Hieu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial Proteins
Chaperonin 60
HSPD1 protein, human
Homology modeling
Hsp60 protein
Human prion protein
Journal Article
M cell
Mitochondrial Proteins
Molecular docking
Molecular dynamics (MDs)
Prion Proteins
Pull-down assay

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Date Completed 24.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12033-023-00655-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351447946