Oligomerization states of Bowman-Birk inhibitor by atomic force microscopy and computational approaches |
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Authors: | Silva Luciano P Azevedo Ricardo B Morais Paulo C Ventura Manuel M Freitas Sonia M |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Morphology and Morphogenesis, Department of Genetics and Morphology, Institute of Biology, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brazil. paulinoluciano@unb.br |
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Abstract: | Several methods have been applied to study protein-protein interaction from structural and thermodynamic point of view. The present study reveals that atomic force microscopy (AFM), molecular modeling, and docking approaches represent alternative methods offering new strategy to investigate structural aspects in oligomerization process of proteinase inhibitors. The topography of the black-eyed pea trypsin/chymotrypsin inhibitor (BTCI) was recorded by AFM and compared with computational rigid-bodies docking approaches. Multimeric states of BTCI identified from AFM analysis showed globular-ellipsoidal shapes. Monomers, dimers, trimers, and hexamers were the most prominent molecular arrays observed in AFM images as evaluated by molecular volume calculations and corroborated by in silico docking and theoretical approaches. We therefore propose that BTCI adopts stable and well-packed self-assembled states in monomer-dimer-trimer-hexamer equilibrium. Although there are no correlation between specificity and packing efficiency among proteinases and proteinase inhibitors, the AFM and docked BTCI analyses suggest that these assemblies may exist in situ to play their potential function in oligomerization process. |
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Keywords: | accessible surface area atomic force microscopy AFM docking self‐assembly proteinase inhibitor |
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