Computational insights into the binding of pimodivir to the mutated PB2 subunit of the influenza A virus

Title
Computational insights into the binding of pimodivir to the mutated PB2 subunit of the influenza A virus
Publication Date
2023-07-14
Author(s)
Arba, Muhammad
Ningsih, Aprilia Surya
Bande, La Ode Santiaji
Wahyudi, Setyanto Tri
Bui-Linh, Candice
Wu, Chun
Karton, Amir
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-508X
Email: akarton@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:akarton
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/08927022.2023.2210690
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/56010
Abstract

Influenza A virus (IAV) is reported to develop Pimodivir resistance because of multiple mutations within the Polymerase basic 2 protein (PB2) of IAV. The lack of a high-resolution structure of these PB2 mutants complexed with Pimodivir hinders efforts to understand the drug resistance. Here we decipher the binding differences of Pimodivir in the wild-type and mutant systems Q306H, S324I, S324N, S324R, F404Y, and N510 T of IVA PB2 using homology modelling, molecular dynamics, molecular docking, and density functional theory simulations. The key residues responsible for Pimodivir binding were identified as Glu361, Arg355, Arg332, His357, and Phe323. Those mutations, mainly N510 T, result in significant conformational changes of Pimodivir in the PB2 active site. As a result, the affinity of Pimodivir is significantly reduced in the N510 T system. The mutation effects are less pronounced in the other mutant systems. Dynamic cross-correlation matrix (DCCM) analyses suggest that the singlepoint mutation N510 T produces an allosteric effect on the ligand-binding domain, thus reducing ligand-binding affinity. The present study reveals how a single-point mutation modulates the Pimodivir binding in IAV PB2, which provides important insights into designing new Pimodivir analogues with better binding affinities.

Link
Citation
Molecular Simulation, 49(10), p. 1031-1043
ISSN
1029-0435
0892-7022
Start page
1031
End page
1043

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