• 文献标题:   A Possible Mechanism of Graphene Oxide to Enhance Thermostability of D-Psicose 3-Epimerase Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI CC, LU ZK, WANG M, CHEN SA, HAN L, HAN WW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide go, molecular dynamics simulation, thermostability, dpsicose 3epimerase
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
  • ISSN:  
  • 通讯作者地址:  
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.3390/ijms221910813
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Thermal stability is a limiting factor for effective application of D-psicose 3-epimerase (DPEase) enzyme. Recently, it was reported that the thermal stability of DPEase was improved by immobilizing enzymes on graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles. However, the detailed mechanism is not known. In this study, we investigated interaction details between GO and DPEase by performing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results indicated that the domain (K248 to D268) of DPEase was an important anchor for immobilizing DPEase on GO surface. Moreover, the strong interactions between DPEase and GO can prevent loop alpha 1'-alpha 1 and beta 4-alpha 4 of DPEase from the drastic fluctuation. Since these two loops contained active site residues, the geometry of the active pocket of the enzyme remained stable at high temperature after the DPEase was immobilized by GO, which facilitated efficient catalytic activity of the enzyme. Our research provided a detailed mechanism for the interaction between GO and DPEase at the nano-biology interface.