Calculation of substrate binding affinities for a bacterial GH78 rhamnosidase through molecular dynamics simulations

•Structural model of rhamnosidase Ram2 of Pediococcus acidilactici.•Calculated binding free energies of rutinose and p-NPR agree with experiments.•Suggested binding poses of rutinose and p-NPR are distinctly different.•Different binding poses of rutinose and p-NPR are supported by experiments.•Activ...

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Main Authors: Grandits, Melanie, Michlmayr, Herbert, Sygmund, Christoph, Oostenbrink, Chris
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663046/
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Summary:•Structural model of rhamnosidase Ram2 of Pediococcus acidilactici.•Calculated binding free energies of rutinose and p-NPR agree with experiments.•Suggested binding poses of rutinose and p-NPR are distinctly different.•Different binding poses of rutinose and p-NPR are supported by experiments.•Active site residues are proposed for further mutagenesis studies