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How a Second Mg2+ Ion Affects the Phosphoryl Transfer Mechanism in a Protein Kinase: A Computational Study

Iñaki TuñónRodrigo RecabarrenJans Alzate-moralesKirill Zinovjev

subject

biologyKinaseChemistryChemical physicsCyclin-dependent kinase 2Transfer mechanismbiology.proteinC++ string handlingActive siteMolecular mechanicsIonEnzyme catalysis

description

<div>In this contribution, the phosphoryl transfer reaction in CDK2 has been studied in detail considering the presence of an additional Mg2+ ion in the active site. For this purpose, QM/MM (quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics) free energy calculations with the adaptive string method were performed, which showed that indeed the system containing two Mg2+ ions exhibits a lower activation free energy, corroborating the experimental observations.</div>

https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12560153.v1