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Folding molecular dynamics simulation of T-peptide, a HIV viral entry inhibitor : Structure, dynamics, and comparison with the experimental data
Biomolecules · Submitted 28 Dec 2021
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The authors' main claim We show that peptide T is highly flexible and dynamic.
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Peptide T is a synthetic octapeptide fragment, which corresponds to the region 185-192 of the gp120 HIV coat protein and functions as a viral entry inhibitor. In this work, a folding molecular dynamics simulation of peptide T in a membrane-mimicking (DMSO) solution was performed with the aim of characterizing the peptide's structural and dynamical properties. We show that peptide T is highly flexible and dynamic. The main structural characteristics observed were rapidly interconverting short helical stretches and turns, with a notable preference for the formation of $\beta$-turns. The simulation also indicated that the C-terminal part appears to be more stable than the rest of the peptide, with the most preferred conformation for residues 5-8 being a $\beta$-turn. In order to validate the accuracy of the simulations, we compared our results with the experimental NMR data obtained for the T-peptide in the same solvent. In agreement with the simulation, the NMR data indicated the presence of a preferred structure in solution that was consistent with a $\beta$-turn comprising the four C-terminal residues. An additional comparison between the experimental and simulation-derived chemical shifts also showed a reasonable agreement between experiment and simulation, further validating the simulation-derived structural characterization of the T-peptide.
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| s0 | Peptide T is a synthetic octapeptide fragment, which corresponds to the region 185-192 of the gp120 HIV coat protein and functions as a viral entry inhibitor. | background 1.00 | 0.06 | 0.03 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | In this work, a folding molecular dynamics simulation of peptide T in a membrane-mimicking (DMSO) solution was performed with the aim of characterizing the peptide's structural and dynamical properties. | contribution 0.56 | 0.96 | 0.04 | asserted 0.96 |
| s2 | We show that peptide T is highly flexible and dynamic. | result 1.00 | 0.91 | 0.32 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | The main structural characteristics observed were rapidly interconverting short helical stretches and turns, with a notable preference for the formation of $\beta$-turns. | result 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.23 | asserted 0.99 |
| s4 | The simulation also indicated that the C-terminal part appears to be more stable than the rest of the peptide, with the most preferred conformation for residues 5-8 being a $\beta$-turn. | result 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.14 | hedged possibility 0.89 |
| s5 | In order to validate the accuracy of the simulations, we compared our results with the experimental NMR data obtained for the T-peptide in the same solvent. | method 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.03 | asserted 0.86 |
| s6 | In agreement with the simulation, the NMR data indicated the presence of a preferred structure in solution that was consistent with a $\beta$-turn comprising the four C-terminal residues. | result 0.92 | 0.36 | 0.20 | hedged possibility 0.84 |
| s7 | An additional comparison between the experimental and simulation-derived chemical shifts also showed a reasonable agreement between experiment and simulation, further validating the simulation-derived structural characterization of the T-peptide. | result 0.81 | 0.93 | 0.12 | asserted 0.98 |
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Peptide T is a synthetic octapeptide fragment, which corresponds to the region 185-192 of the gp120 HIV coat protein and functions as a viral entry inhibitor. In this work, a folding molecular dynamics simulation of peptide T in a membrane-mimicking (DMSO) solution was performed with the aim of characterizing the peptide's structural and dynamical properties. We show that peptide T is highly flexible and dynamic. The main structural characteristics observed were rapidly interconverting short helical stretches and turns, with a notable preference for the formation of $\beta$-turns. The simulation also indicated that the C-terminal part appears to be more stable than the rest of the peptide, with the most preferred conformation for residues 5-8 being a $\beta$-turn. In order to validate the accuracy of the simulations, we compared our results with the experimental NMR data obtained for the T-peptide in the same solvent. In agreement with the simulation, the NMR data indicated the presence of a preferred structure in solution that was consistent with a $\beta$-turn comprising the four C-terminal residues. An additional comparison between the experimental and simulation-derived chemical shifts also showed a reasonable agreement between experiment and simulation, further validating the simulation-derived structural characterization of the T-peptide.
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