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. 1994 Mar;66(3 Pt 1):634–645. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3495(94)80837-9

Molecular dynamics simulations of oxidized and reduced Clostridium beijerinckii flavodoxin.

R Leenders 1, W F van Gunsteren 1, H J Berendsen 1, A J Visser 1
PMCID: PMC1275760  PMID: 8011895

Abstract

Molecular dynamics simulations of oxidized and reduced Clostridium beijerinckii flavodoxin in water have been performed in a sphere of 1.4-nm radius surrounded by a restrained shell of 0.8 nm. The flavin binding site, comprising the active site of the flavodoxin, was in the center of the sphere. No explicit information about protein-bound water molecules was included. An analysis is made of the motional characteristics of residues located in the active site. Positional fluctuations, hydrogen bonding patterns, dihedral angle transitions, solvent behavior, and time-dependent correlations are examined. The 375-ps trajectories show that both oxidized and reduced protein-bound flavins are immobilized within the protein matrix, in agreement with earlier obtained time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy data. The calculated time-correlated behavior of the tryptophan residues reveals significant picosecond mobility of the tryptophan side chain located close to the reduced isoalloxazine part of the flavin.

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