RESEARCH ARTICLE

Molecular simulation of the interaction mechanism between CodY protein and DNA in Lactococcus lactis

  • Linchen Yuan 1,2 ,
  • Hao Wu 1,2 ,
  • Yue Zhao 1,2 ,
  • Xiaoyu Qin 1,2 ,
  • Yanni Li , 1,2
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  • 1. Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China

Received date: 28 Mar 2018

Accepted date: 30 Apr 2018

Published date: 25 Feb 2019

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2018 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature

Abstract

In Lactococcus lactis, the global transcriptional regulatory factor CodY can interact with the promoter DNA to regulate the growth, metabolism, environmental adaptation and other biological activities of the strains. In order to study the mechanism of interaction between CodY and its target DNA, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations were used to explore the binding process at molecular level. Through the calculations of the free energy of binding, hydrogen bonding and energy decomposition, nine key residues of CodY were identified, corresponding to SER184, SER186, SER208, THR217, ARG218, SER219, ASN223, LYS242 and GLY243, among which SER186, ARG218 and LYS242 play a vital role in DNA binding. Our research results provide important theoretical guidance for using wet-lab methods to study and optimize the metabolic network regulated by CodY.

Cite this article

Linchen Yuan , Hao Wu , Yue Zhao , Xiaoyu Qin , Yanni Li . Molecular simulation of the interaction mechanism between CodY protein and DNA in Lactococcus lactis[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2019 , 13(1) : 133 -139 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-018-1737-4

Acknowledgements

This paper is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31570049).
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