Physics – Chemical Physics
Scientific paper
2004-06-09
Physics
Chemical Physics
revtex4, 7 pages, 4 figures, to be submitted to Science
Scientific paper
10.1073/pnas.0506425102
Atomic motions and energetics for a phosphate transfer reaction catalyzed by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) are calculated by plane-wave density functional theory, starting from structures of proteins crystallized in both the reactant conformation (RC) and the transition-state conformation (TC). In the TC, we calculate that the reactants and products are nearly isoenergetic with a 0.2 eV barrier; while phosphate transfer is unfavorable by over 1.2 eV in the RC, with an even higher barrier. With the protein in the TC, the motions involved in reaction are small, with only P$_\gamma$ and the catalytic proton moving more than 0.5 \AA. Examination of the structures reveals that in the RC the active site cleft is not completely closed and there is insufficient space for the phosphorylated serine residue in the product state. Together, these observations imply that the phosphate transfer reaction occurs rapidly and reversibly in a particular conformation of the protein, and that the reaction can be gated by changes of a few tenths of an \AA in the catalytic site.
Fenimore Paul W.
Henkelman Graeme
LaBute Montiago X.
McMahon Benjamin H.
Tung Chang-Shung
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