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Article Citation - WoS: 35Citation - Scopus: 32Effect of Intracellular Loop 3 on Intrinsic Dynamics of Human 2-Adrenergic Receptor(Bmc, 2013) Ozcan, Ozer; Uyar, Arzu; Doruker, Pemra; Akten, Ebru DemetBackground: To understand the effect of the long intracellular loop 3 (ICL3) on the intrinsic dynamics of human beta(2)-adrenergic receptor, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed on two different models, both of which were based on the inactive crystal structure in complex with carazolol (after removal of carazolol and T4-lysozyme). In the so-called loop model, the ICL3 region that is missing in available crystal structures was modeled as an unstructured loop of 32-residues length, whereas in the clipped model, the two open ends were covalently bonded to each other. The latter model without ICL3 was taken as a reference, which has also been commonly used in recent computational studies. Each model was embedded into POPC bilayer membrane with explicit water and subjected to a 1 mu s molecular dynamics (MD) simulation at 310 K. Results: After around 600 ns, the loop model started a transition to a very inactive conformation, which is characterized by a further movement of the intracellular half of transmembrane helix 6 (TM6) towards the receptor core, and a close packing of ICL3 underneath the membrane completely blocking the G-protein's binding site. Concurrently, the binding site at the extracellular part of the receptor expanded slightly with the Ser207-Asp113 distance increasing to 18 angstrom from 11 angstrom, which was further elaborated by docking studies. Conclusions: The essential dynamics analysis indicated a strong coupling between the extracellular and intracellular parts of the intact receptor, implicating a functional relevance for allosteric regulation. In contrast, no such transition to the very inactive state, nor any structural correlation, was observed in the clipped model without ICL3. Furthermore, elastic network analysis using different conformers for the loop model indicated a consistent picture on the specific ICL3 conformational change being driven by global modes.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Altered Dynamics of S. Aureus Phosphofructokinase Via Bond Restraints at Two Distinct Allosteric Binding Sites(Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, 2022) Celebi, Metehan; Akten, Ebru DemetThe effect of perturbation at the allosteric site was investigated through several replicas of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations conducted on bacterial phosphofructokinase (SaPFK). In our previous work, an alternative binding site was estimated to be allosteric in addition to the experimentally reported one. To highlight the effect of both allosteric sites on receptor's dynamics, MD runs were carried out on apo forms with and without perturbation. Perturbation was achieved via incorporating multiple bond restraints for residue pairs located at the allosteric site. Restraints applied to the predicted site caused one dimer to stiffen, whereas an increase in mobility was detected in the same dimer when the experimentally resolved site was restrained. Fluctuations in C-alpha-C-alpha distances which is used to disclose residues with high potential of communication indicated a marked increase in signal transmission within each dimer as the receptor switched to a restrained state. Cross-correlation of positional fluctuations indicated an overall decrease in the magnitude of both positive and negative correlations when restraints were employed on the predicted allosteric site whereas an exact opposite effect was observed for the reported site. Finally, mutual correspondence between positional fluctuations noticeably increased with restraints on predicted allosteric site, whereas an opposite effect was observed for restraints applied on experimentally reported one. In view of these findings, it is clear that the perturbation of either one of two allosteric sites effected the dynamics of the receptor with a distinct and contrasting character. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Master Thesis Exploring Distinct Conformers of B2-Adrenergic Receptor Via Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2012) Çakan, Sibel; Akdoğan, Demet Aktenß2AR, G protein bağlantılı reseptör ve birçok ilaç için hedef moleküldür. Reseptörünson derece esnek olan yapısı bir çok ligant molekülünü tanıma özelliği sağlar. Sonyıllarda yapılan kristalografik çalışmalar reseptörün aktif ve inaktif yapısını ortayaçıkarmasına rağmen bu çalışmalar reseptörün tüm dinamiğini çözmek için yeterlideğildir. Moleküler dinamik (MD) metodu reseptörün tüm dinamiğini anlamak içinalternatif ve verimli bir yöntemdir. Ancak geleneksel atomistik simülasyonlar birçokbiyolojik olayın gerçekleştiği zaman aralığı olan milisaniye seviyelerine ulaşamaz.Bu nedenle, bu calışmada serbestlik derecesini azaltan kaba taneli modellemekullanıldı. Sistem POPC membran tabakası içine gömülü ß2AR ve sulardanoluşturuldu. CG model kullanılmasının asıl amacı atomistik modellerde mümkünolmayan daha geniş yapısal alanı ortaya çıkarmaktır. Reseptörün bölgesel hareketleriatomistik simülasyonlarla uyum içindedir. CG simülasyondan dört görüntü seçilmişve geri eşleme yöntemi ile atomistik modele çevrilmiştir. Daha sonra herbiri 100 nsuzunluğunda bir MD simülasyonuna tabi tutulmuştur. Enerjik ve yapısal olarak farklıreseptör yapıları ortaya çıkmıştır. CG MD simülasyonunun PCA analizi, ilk beşbirincil bileşenin tüm dinamiğin %50 sini açıklarken, atomistik simülasyonların %85ini açıkladığını göstermiştir. CG ve atomistik öz-vektörlerin maksimum örtüşmedeğeri 0.46 dır. CG modelde atomistik modele göre korelasyonlar daha zayıftır.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Transmembrane Helix 6 Observed at the Interface of Beta(2)ar Homodimers in Blind Docking Studies(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2015) Koroğlu, Ayça; Akten, Ebru DemetPeptide- and protein-protein dockings were carried out on beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)AR) to confirm the presence of transmembrane helix 6 (TM6) at the interface region between two beta(2)AR monomers thereby its possible role in dimerization as suggested in numerous experimental and computational studies. Initially a portion of TM6 was modeled as a peptide consisting of 23 residues and blindly docked to beta(2)AR monomer using a rigid body approach. Interestingly all highest score conformations preferred to be near TM5 and TM6 regions of the receptor. Furthermore longer peptides generated from a whole TM region were blindly docked to beta(2)AR using the same rigid body approach. This yielded a total of seven docked peptides each derived from one TM helix. Most interestingly for each peptide TM6 was among the most preferred binding site region in the receptor. Besides the peptide dockings two beta(2)AR monomers were blindly docked to each other using a full rigid-body search of docking orientations which yielded a total of 16000 dimer conformations. Each dimer was then filtered according to a fitness value based on the membrane topology. Among 149 complexes that met the topology requirements 102 conformers were composed of two monomers oriented in opposite directions whereas in the remaining 47 the monomers were arranged in parallel. Lastly all 149 conformers were clustered based on a root mean-squared distance value of 6 angstrom. In agreement with the peptide results the clustering yielded the largest population of conformers with the highest Z-score value having TM6 at the interface region.Article Classification of Distinct Conformers of Beta < 2-Adrenergic Receptor (beta 2-Ar) Based on Binding Affinity of Ligands Through Docking Studies(Amer Chemical Soc, 2016) Akten, Ebru Demet; Dilcan, GoncaB2AR reseptörü, akciğerlerin rahatlamasında ve kardiyovasküler fizyolojide rol oynamasıyla önemli bir ilaç hedefidir. Bu çalışmada, çeşitli B2AR konformasyonlarını aktif veya inaktif olarak sınıflandırmak amacıyla, aktivitesi bilinen ligantlar seçilerek onların bağlanma şekillerine göre bir sınıflandırma stratejisi oluşturulmuştur. Önceki bir çalışmada gerçekleştirilen, reseptörün inaktif halinin 2.8 μs'lik MD simülasyonunda, ligandın bağlanma bölgesinin farklı konformasyonları elde edilmiştir. Snapshotlar derlenerek bağlanma bölgesindeki beş anahtar rezidünün RMSD değerlerine göre gruplandırılmıştır. Toplamda 13 farklı konformasyon elde edilmiş ve 5 agonist, 4 ters agonist ve 4 antagonist molekülü her bir konformasyona ayrı ayrı ve 7 farklı skor fonksiyonu kullanılarak dock edilmiştir. En iyi yerleşen konformasyonlar bağlanma bölgesindeki anahtar rezidülerle olan yakınlığına göre seçilmiş ve hesaplanmıştır. Anahtar bölgeye yaklaşamayanlar elenmiş, kalanlar ise skor değerlerine göre sıralanmıştır. Bu sınıflandırma, kritik değerlendirme yapabilmek için MD konformasyonlarından önce aktivitesi bilinen aktif/inaktif kristal yapılara uygulanmıştır. Her skor fonksiyonu tarafından seçilen ve ilk 5'te bulunan MD konformasyonları aktif ve inaktif olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. Son olarak, MD konformasyonlarının ayırt ediciliğini analiz edebilmek için, seçilen bu konformasyonlar ile küçük bir dataset kullanılarak sanal tarama yapılmıştır. MD konformasyonlarının inaktif kristal yapıya göre antagonist/ters agonistler için daha seçici olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Reseptörün alternatif konformasyonlarını üretmek ve onları sınıflandırmak, genellikle tek bir snaphot X-ray örneği ile sınırlandırılmış ilaç tasarımı çalışmalarında önemli rol oynamaktadır.Article Citation - WoS: 23Citation - Scopus: 26Identification of Alternative Allosteric Sites in Glycolytic Enzymes for Potential Use as Species-Specific Drug Targets(Frontiers Media, 2020) Ayyıldız, Merve; Çeliker, Serkan; Özhelvacı, Fatih; Akten, Ebru DemetThree allosteric glycolytic enzymes, phosphofructokinase, glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase, associated with bacterial, parasitic and human species, were explored to identify potential allosteric sites that would be used as prime targets for species-specific drug design purposes using a newly developed approach which incorporates solvent mapping, elastic network modeling, sequence and structural alignments. The majority of binding sites detected by solvent mapping overlapped with the interface regions connecting the subunits, thus appeared as promising target sites for allosteric regulation. Each binding site was then evaluated by its ability to alter the global dynamics of the receptor defined by the percentage change in the frequencies of the lowest-frequency modes most significantly and as anticipated, the most effective ones were detected in the vicinity of the well-reported catalytic and allosteric sites. Furthermore, some of our proposed regions intersected with experimentally resolved sites which are known to be critical for activity regulation, which further validated our approach. Despite the high degree of structural conservation encountered between bacterial/parasitic and human glycolytic enzymes, the majority of the newly presented allosteric sites exhibited a low degree of sequence conservation which further increased their likelihood to be used as species-specific target regions for drug design studies.Article Citation - WoS: 12Citation - Scopus: 12Blind Dockings of Benzothiazoles To Multiple Receptor Conformations of Triosephosphate Isomerase From Trypanosoma Cruzi and Human(Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2011) Kurkcuoglu, Zeynep; Ural, Gulgun; Akten, Ebru Demet; Doruker, PemraWe aim to uncover the binding modes of benzothiazoles which have been reported as specific inhibitors of triosephosphate isomerase from the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (TcTIM) by performing blind dockings on both TcTIM and human TIM (hTIM). Detailed analysis of binding sites and specific interactions are carried out based on ensemble dockings to multiple receptor conformers obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. In TcTIM dimer dockings the inhibitors preferentially bind to the tunnel-shaped cavity formed at the interface of the subunits whereas non-inhibitors mostly choose other sites. In contrast TcTIM monomer binding interface and hTIM dimer interface do not present a specific binding site for the inhibitors. These findings point to the importance of the tunnel and of the dimeric form for inhibition of TcTIM. Specific interactions of the inhibitors and their sulfonate-free derivatives with the receptor residues indicate the significance of sulfonate group for binding affinity and positioning on the TcTIM dimer interface. One of the inhibitors also binds to the active site which may explain its relatively higher inhibition effect on hTIM.Conference Object Effect of Intracellular Loop 3 on Intrinsic Dynamics of Human Β2-Adrenergic Receptor(Cell Press, 2014) Ozcan, Ozer; Uyar, Arzu; Doruker, Pemra; Akten, Ebru Demet[No Abstract Available]Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 17Investigation of Allosteric Coupling in Human Beta(2)-Adrenergic Receptor in the Presence of Intracellular Loop 3(BMC, 2016) Özgür, Canan; Doruker, Pemra; Akten, Ebru DemetBackground: This study investigates the allosteric coupling that exists between the intra- and extracellular parts of human beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) in the presence of the intracellular loop 3 (ICL3) which is missing in all crystallographic experiments and most of the simulation studies reported so far. Our recent 1 mu s long MD run has revealed a transition to the so-called very inactive state of the receptor in which ICL3 packed under the G protein's binding cavity and completely blocked its accessibility to G protein. Simultaneously an outward tilt of transmembrane helix 5 (TM5) caused an expansion of the extracellular ligand-binding site. In the current study we performed independent runs with a total duration of 4 mu s to further investigate the very inactive state with packed ICL3 and the allosteric coupling event (three unrestrained runs and five runs with bond restraints at the ligand-binding site). Results: In all three independent unrestrained runs (each 500 ns long) ICL3 preserved its initially packed/closed conformation within the studied time frame suggesting an inhibition of the receptor's activity. Specific bond restraints were later imposed between some key residues at the ligand-binding site which have been experimentally determined to interact with the ligand. Restraining the binding site region to an open state facilitated ICL3 closure whereas a relatively constrained/closed binding site hindered ICL3 packing. However the reverse operation i.e. opening of the packed ICL3 could not be realized by restraining the binding site region to a closed state. Thus any attempt failed to free the ICL3 from its locked state due to the presence of persistent hydrogen bonds. Conclusions: Overall our simulations indicated that starting with very inactive states the receptor stayed almost irreversibly inhibited which in turn decreased the overall mobility of the receptor. Bond restraints which represented the geometric restrictions caused by ligands of various sizes when bound at the ligand-binding site induced the expected conformational changes in TM5 TM6 and consequently ICL3. Still once ICL3 was packed the allosteric coupling became ineffective due to strong hydrogen bonds connecting ICL3 to the core of the receptor.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 10Ligand-Binding Affinity of Alternative Conformers of Human Beta(2)-Adrenergic Receptor in the Presence of Intracellular Loop 3 (icl3) and Their Potential Use in Virtual Screening Studies(Wiley, 2019) Dilcan, Gonca; Doruker, Pemra; Akten, Ebru DemetThis study investigates the structural distinctiveness of orthosteric ligand-binding sites of several human beta(2) adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) conformations that have been obtained from a set of independent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in the presence of intracellular loop 3 (ICL3). A docking protocol was established in order to classify each receptor conformation via its binding affinity to selected ligands with known efficacy. This work's main goal was to reveal many subtle features of the ligand-binding site presenting alternative conformations which might be considered as either active- or inactive-like but mostly specific for that ligand. Agonists inverse agonists and antagonists were docked to each MD conformer with distinct binding pockets using different docking tools and scoring functions. Mostly favored receptor conformation persistently observed in all docking/scoring evaluations was classified as active or inactive based on the type of ligand's biological effect. Classified MD conformers were further tested for their ability to discriminate agonists from inverse agonists/antagonists and several conformers were proposed as important targets to be used in virtual screening experiments that were often limited to a single X-ray structure.
