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Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking
Glucosinolate transporters (GTRs) are part of the nitrate/peptide transporter (NPF) family, members of which also transport specialized secondary metabolites as substrates. Glucosinolates are defense compounds derived from amino acids. We selected 4-methylthiobutyl (4MTB) and indol-3-ylmethyl (I3M)...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8836200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35163519 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031595 |
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author | Peña-Varas, Carlos Kanstrup, Christa Vergara-Jaque, Ariela González-Avendaño, Mariela Crocoll, Christoph Mirza, Osman Dreyer, Ingo Nour-Eldin, Hussam Ramírez, David |
author_facet | Peña-Varas, Carlos Kanstrup, Christa Vergara-Jaque, Ariela González-Avendaño, Mariela Crocoll, Christoph Mirza, Osman Dreyer, Ingo Nour-Eldin, Hussam Ramírez, David |
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description | Glucosinolate transporters (GTRs) are part of the nitrate/peptide transporter (NPF) family, members of which also transport specialized secondary metabolites as substrates. Glucosinolates are defense compounds derived from amino acids. We selected 4-methylthiobutyl (4MTB) and indol-3-ylmethyl (I3M) glucosinolates to study how GTR1 from Arabidopsis thaliana transports these substrates in computational simulation approaches. The designed pipeline reported here includes massive docking of 4MTB and I3M in an ensemble of GTR1 conformations (in both inward and outward conformations) extracted from molecular dynamics simulations, followed by clustered and substrate–protein interactions profiling. The identified key residues were mutated, and their role in substrate transport was tested. We were able to identify key residues that integrate a major binding site of these substrates, which is critical for transport activity. In silico approaches employed here represent a breakthrough in the plant transportomics field, as the identification of key residues usually takes a long time if performed from a purely wet-lab experimental perspective. The inclusion of structural bioinformatics in the analyses of plant transporters significantly speeds up the knowledge-gaining process and optimizes valuable time and resources. |
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spelling | pubmed-88362002022-02-12 Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking Peña-Varas, Carlos Kanstrup, Christa Vergara-Jaque, Ariela González-Avendaño, Mariela Crocoll, Christoph Mirza, Osman Dreyer, Ingo Nour-Eldin, Hussam Ramírez, David Int J Mol Sci Article Glucosinolate transporters (GTRs) are part of the nitrate/peptide transporter (NPF) family, members of which also transport specialized secondary metabolites as substrates. Glucosinolates are defense compounds derived from amino acids. We selected 4-methylthiobutyl (4MTB) and indol-3-ylmethyl (I3M) glucosinolates to study how GTR1 from Arabidopsis thaliana transports these substrates in computational simulation approaches. The designed pipeline reported here includes massive docking of 4MTB and I3M in an ensemble of GTR1 conformations (in both inward and outward conformations) extracted from molecular dynamics simulations, followed by clustered and substrate–protein interactions profiling. The identified key residues were mutated, and their role in substrate transport was tested. We were able to identify key residues that integrate a major binding site of these substrates, which is critical for transport activity. In silico approaches employed here represent a breakthrough in the plant transportomics field, as the identification of key residues usually takes a long time if performed from a purely wet-lab experimental perspective. The inclusion of structural bioinformatics in the analyses of plant transporters significantly speeds up the knowledge-gaining process and optimizes valuable time and resources. MDPI 2022-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8836200/ /pubmed/35163519 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031595 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Peña-Varas, Carlos Kanstrup, Christa Vergara-Jaque, Ariela González-Avendaño, Mariela Crocoll, Christoph Mirza, Osman Dreyer, Ingo Nour-Eldin, Hussam Ramírez, David Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking |
title | Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking |
title_full | Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking |
title_fullStr | Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking |
title_full_unstemmed | Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking |
title_short | Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking |
title_sort | structural insights into the substrate transport mechanisms in gtr transporters through ensemble docking |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8836200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35163519 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031595 |
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