Computational models explain the oligosaccharide specificity of cyanovirin‐N
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Protein Science
- Vol. 17 (11), 2008-2014
- https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.034637.108
Abstract
The prokaryotic lectin cyanovirin-N (CV-N) is a potent inhibitor of HIV envelope-mediated cell entry, and thus is a leading candidate among a new class of potential anti-HIV microbicides. The activity of CV-N is a result of interactions with the D1 arm of high-mannose oligosaccharides on the viral glycoprotein gp120. Here, we present computationally refined models of CV-N recognition of the di- and trisaccharides that represent the terminal three sugars of the D1 arm by each CV-N binding site. These models complement existing structural data, both from NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. When used with a molecular dynamics/continuum electrostatic (MD/PBSA) approach to compute binding free energies, these models explain the relative affinity of each site for the two saccharides. This work presents the first validation of the application of continuum electrostatic models to carbohydrate-protein association. Taken as a whole, the results both provide models of CV-N sugar recognition and demonstrate the utility of these computational methods for the study of carbohydrate-binding proteins.Keywords
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