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Theoretical study of enzymatic reaction dynamics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K05049
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 32010:Fundamental physical chemistry-related
Research InstitutionKyushu University (2020)
Institute for Molecular Science (2018-2019)

Principal Investigator

Mori Toshifumi  九州大学, 先導物質化学研究所, 准教授 (20732043)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords酵素反応 / 反応ダイナミクス / 分子シミュレーション / 遷移経路 / 自由エネルギー / Pin1 / 構造励起状態 / 反応座標探索 / 交差エントロピー / 構造揺らぎ / プロリン異性化酵素
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The importance of proteins' confomrational dynamics have been realized over the last decades, but the molecular mechanism remains unresolved. In this project, the reaction dynamics of an enzyme, Pin1, was studied using molecular dynamics simulations. We found that the conformational changes of the ligand (reaction center) and the enzyme (reaction environment) do not proceed concertedly; rather, enzyme changes its structure prior to the reaction event as an "conformational excited state", which mimics the conformation at about the transitions state and catalyzes the isomerization step. This is in sharp contrast to the conventional free energy picture, which indicates that the ligand and enzyme changes their conformations concertedly along the reaction (isomerization) coordinate. Thus, our result highlights the fundamental importance of protein dynamics during enzyme catalysis, and indicates the need to study the dynamics, e.g. conformational excitations, in broader enzymes.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

酵素反応の分子機構の理解には、統計平均の結果として得られる自由エネルギー面や反応速度に基づいた解析が従来広く行われてきた。これに対して、個々の酵素分子の運動の役割を理解するための手法が整備されておらず、ダイナミクスの理解は進んでいなかった。本研究により、酵素反応において「構造励起状態」として酵素の構造揺らぎが重要であることが明らかになり、さらにそれを特徴付けるための手法の道筋が得られたものと考えられる。これにより、従来の静的描像の枠組みを超え、ダイナミクスを考慮して酵素反応の分子機構を明らかにしていく重要性が示されたことで、そのような理解がより多くの酵素反応で進んでいくことが期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Dissecting the Dynamics during Enzyme Catalysis: A Case Study of Pin1 Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase2020

    • Author(s)
      Mori Toshifumi、Saito Shinji
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

      Volume: 16 Issue: 5 Pages: 3396-3407

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01279

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Learning reaction coordinates via cross-entropy minimization: Application to alanine dipeptide2020

    • Author(s)
      Mori Yusuke、Okazaki Kei-ichi、Mori Toshifumi、Kim Kang、Matubayasi Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Chemical Physics

      Volume: 153 Issue: 5 Pages: 054115-054115

    • DOI

      10.1063/5.0009066

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Theoretical Study of Reaction Dynamics in Gas and Condensed Phases2019

    • Author(s)
      Mori Toshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Science

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: A0106

    • DOI

      10.3175/molsci.13.A0106

    • NAID

      130007696973

    • ISSN
      1881-8404
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Conformational Excitation and Nonequilibrium Transition Facilitate Enzymatic Reactions: Application to Pin1 Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase2019

    • Author(s)
      Mori Toshifumi、Saito Shinji
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

      Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Pages: 474-480

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03607

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 生体分子の構造形成と機能発現の動的分子機構2021

    • Author(s)
      森 俊文
    • Organizer
      第一回生体分子シミュレーション・モデリング研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] プロリン異性化酵素の動的反応機構と構造励起状態の重要性2019

    • Author(s)
      森 俊文、斉藤 真司
    • Organizer
      第22回理論化学討論会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Crucial role of conformational excitation and nonequilibrium transition in enzyme catalysis: Application to Pin1 peptidyl-prolyl isomerase2019

    • Author(s)
      Toshifumi Mori, Shinji Saito
    • Organizer
      Joint 12th EBSA and 10th ICBP-IUPAB Biophysics Congress
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 気相および凝縮系における反応ダイナミクスの理論的解明2019

    • Author(s)
      森 俊文
    • Organizer
      第13回分子科学討論会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Crucial role of conformational excitation in enzyme catalysis of Pin12019

    • Author(s)
      Toshifumi Mori, Shinji Saito
    • Organizer
      第57回日本生物物理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 分子シミュレーションから見たタンパク質の構造ダイナミクスと機能発現の分子機構2019

    • Author(s)
      森 俊文
    • Organizer
      ワークショップ「非共有結合系の分子科学:計測技術から探る生体分子科学の新展開」
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Hierarchy and heterogeneity in protein folding and enzyme catalysis2018

    • Author(s)
      Toshifumi Mori
    • Organizer
      2nd workshop on Advances in Theory and Computation of Complex Systems - Biological Systems
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks] 九州大学先導物質化学研究所・森研究室ホームページ・研究内容

    • URL

      http://theoc.cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp/research/

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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