CH/pi hydrogen bonds determine the selectivity of the Src homology 2 domain to tyrosine phosphotyrosyl peptides : an ab initio fragment molecular orbital study

2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 29(2008), 16 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2656-66
1. Verfasser: Ozawa, Tomonaga (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Okazaki, Kosuke
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of computational chemistry
Schlagworte:Journal Article Peptides Phosphotyrosine 21820-51-9
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Zusammenfassung:2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
The CH/pi hydrogen bond is a weak molecular force occurring between CH groups (soft acids) and pi-systems (soft bases), and has been recognized to be important in the interaction of proteins with their specific ligands. For instance, it is well known that Src homology-2 protein (SH2) recognizes its specific pTyr peptide in two key regions, pTyr-binding region and specificity-determining region, by the use of attractive molecular forces, including the CH/pi hydrogen bond. We hypothesized that the CH/pi hydrogen bond plays a key role in determining the selectivity of SH2 proteins, and studied this issue by the ab initio fragment molecular orbital (FMO) method. The FMO calculations were carried out, at the HF/6-31G* and MP2/6-31G* level, for SH2 domains of Src, Grb2, P85alpha(N), Syk, and SAP, in complex with corresponding pTyr peptides. CH/pi hydrogen bonds have in fact been found to be important in stabilizing the structure of the complexes. We conclude that the CH/pi hydrogen bond plays an indispensable role in the recognition of SH2 domains with their specific pTyr peptides, thus playing a vital role in the signal transduction system
Beschreibung:Date Completed 17.12.2008
Date Revised 28.10.2008
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X
DOI:10.1002/jcc.20998