Structural and quantum mechanical computations to elucidate the altered binding mechanism of metal and drug with pyrazinamidase from mycobacterium tuberculosis due to mutagenicity

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dc.contributor.authorNouman Rasool
dc.contributor.authorSaima Iftikhar
dc.contributor.authorWaqar Hussain
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-09T12:21:21Z
dc.date.available2019-07-09T12:21:21Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPyrazinamide is known to be the most effective treatment against tuberculosis disease and is known to have bacteriostatic action. By targeting the bacterial spores, this drug reduces the chances for the progression of the infection in organisms. In recent years, increased instances of the drug resistance of bacterial strains are reported. Pyrazinamidase, activator for pyrazinamide, leads to resistance against the drug due to mutagenicity across the world. The present study aimed at the quantum mechanistic analysis of mutations in pyrazinamidase to gain insights into the mechanism of this enzyme. Quantum mechanical calculations were performed to analyse the effect of mutations at the metal coordination site using ORCA software program. Moreover, conformational changes in PZase binding cavity has also been analysed due to mutations of binding pocket residues using CASTp server. In order to elucidate the behaviour of the mutant pyrazinamidase, docking of PZA in the binding pocket of PZase was performed using AutoDock Vina. Analysis of results revealed that iron showed weak binding with the metal coordination site of the mutant proteins due to alteration in electron transfer mechanism. The binding cavity of the mutant PZase has undergone major conformational changes as the volume of pocket increased due to bulky R-chains of mutated amino acids. These conformational changes lead to weak binding of the drug at binding cavity of PZase and reduce the drug activation mechanism leading to increased drug resistance in the bacterial strains.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRasool, N., Iftikhar, S., Amir, A., & Hussain, W. (2018). Structural and quantum mechanical computations to elucidate the altered binding mechanism of metal and drug with pyrazinamidase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis due to mutagenicity. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 80, 126-131.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3761
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherournal of Molecular Graphics and Modellingen_US
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis; Pyrazinamidase; Pyrazinamide; Mutagenicity; Quantum mechanics; DFT; Molecular dockingen_US
dc.titleStructural and quantum mechanical computations to elucidate the altered binding mechanism of metal and drug with pyrazinamidase from mycobacterium tuberculosis due to mutagenicityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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