10.6084/m9.figshare.5867904.v2
Vishnu Kant
Vishnu
Kant
Saravanan Vijayakumar
Saravanan
Vijayakumar
Ganesh Chandra Sahoo
Ganesh
Chandra Sahoo
Vahab Ali
Vahab
Ali
Kuljit Singh
Kuljit
Singh
Shailendra S. Chaudhery
Shailendra S.
Chaudhery
Pradeep Das
Pradeep
Das
In-silico screening and validation of high-affinity tetra-peptide inhibitor of <i>Leishmania donovani</i> O-acetyl serine sulfhydrylase (OASS)
Taylor & Francis Group
2019
OASS
peptide
EWSI
molecular dynamics
shape similarity
docking
2019-01-21 09:40:30
Journal contribution
https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/In-silico_screening_and_validation_of_high-affinity_tetra-peptide_inhibitor_of_i_Leishmania_donovani_i_O-acetyl_serine_sulfhydrylase_OASS_/5867904
<p>OASS is a specific enzyme that helps <i>Leishmania</i> parasite to survive the oxidative stress condition in human macrophages. SAT C-terminal peptides in several organisms, including <i>Leishmania</i>, were reported to inhibit or reduce the activity of OASS. Small peptide and small molecules mimicking the SAT C-terminal residues are designed and tested for the inhibition of OASS in different organisms. Hence, in this study, all the possible tetra-peptide combinations were designed and screened based on the docking ability with <i>Leishmania donovani</i> OASS (Ld-OASS). The top ranked peptides were further validated for the stability using 50 ns molecular dynamic simulation. In order to identify the better binding capability of the peptides, the top peptides complexed with Ld-OASS were also subjected to molecular dynamic simulation. The docking and simulation results favored the peptide EWSI to possess greater advantage than previously reported peptide (DWSI) in binding with Ld-OASS active site. Also, screening of non-peptide inhibitor of Asinex Biodesign library based on the shape similarity of EWSI and DWSI was performed. The top similar molecules of each peptides were docked on to Ld-OASS active site and subsequently simulated for 20 ns. The results suggested that the ligand that shares high shape similarity with EWSI possess better binding capability than the ligand that shares high shape similarity with DWSI. This study revealed that the tetra-peptide EWSI had marginal advantage over DWSI in binding with Ld-OASS, thereby providing basis for defining a pharmacophoric scaffold for the design of peptidomimetic inhibitors as well as non-peptide inhibitors of Ld-OASS.</p> <p>Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma</p>