Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (9): 1815.

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Molecular Dynamics Studies on the Structure of 16S rRNA Fragment Affected by A1408G Mutation

DONG Hao, LIU Yuan-Ning*   

  1. College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 132012, China
  • Received:2010-03-01 Online:2010-09-10 Published:2010-09-10
  • Contact: LIU Yuan-Ning. E-mail: liuyn@jlu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金(批准号: 60971089)资助.

Abstract: Using molecular dynamics simulation, the flexibility of 16S rRNA complexed with paromomycin was studied. The results indicate that the position 1408 of 16S rRNA in ribosome is very important. The substitution of adenine for guanine will change the position of two adenines(A1492 and A1493) which are involved in tRNA anticodon loop recognition, affecting the binding of aminoglycosidic antibiotics and protein translation in prokaryota. The simulation results show a good agreement with experimental data, which provi-ded some structural information for the drug design based on 16S rRNA in ribosome.

Key words: Ribosome, 16S rRNA A-site, Paromomycin, Molecular dynamics

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