The influence of model building schemes and molecular dynamics sampling on QM-cluster models: the chorismate mutase case study
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The influence of model building schemes and molecular dynamics sampling on QM-cluster models: the chorismate mutase case study
Abstract
Most QM-cluster models of enzymes are constructed based on X-ray crystal structures, which limits comparison to in vivo structure and mechanism. The active site of chorismate mutase from Bacillus subtilis and the enzymatic transformation of chorismate to prephenate is used as a case study to guide construction of QM-cluster models built first from the X-ray crystal structure, then from molecular dynamics (MD) simulation snapshots. The Residue Interaction Network ResidUe Selector (RINRUS) software toolkit, developed by our group to simplify and automate the construction of QM-cluster models, is expanded to handle MD to QM-cluster model workflows. Several options, some employing novel topological clustering from residue interaction network (RIN) information, are evaluated for generating conformational clustering from MD simulation. RINRUS then generates a statistical thermodynamic framework for QM-cluster modeling of the chorismate mutase mechanism via refining 250 MD frames with density functional theory (DFT). The 250 QM-cluster models sampled provide a mean ΔG‡ of 10.3 ± 2.6 kcal mol-1 compared to the experimental value of 15.4 kcal mol-1 at 25 °C. While the difference between theory and experiment is consequential, the level of theory used is modest and therefore "chemical" accuracy is unexpected. More important are the comparisons made between QM-cluster models designed from the X-ray crystal structure versus those from MD frames. The large variations in kinetic and thermodynamic properties arise from geometric changes in the ensemble of QM-cluster models, rather from the composition of the QM-cluster models or from the active site-solvent interface. The findings open the way for further quantitative and reproducible calibration in the field of computational enzymology using the model construction framework afforded with the RINRUS software toolkit.
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