Exploring the Mechanism of Shikimate Kinase through Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) Methods
2021
Pedro Ojeda-May
The chemical step of Shikimate Kinase <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>, involving the transfer of a phosphoryl group, has been studied by using quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods. Understanding the mechanism of this chemical step, present in bacteria and other microorganisms but absent in humans, can lead to the development of novel drugs for the treatment of common diseases caused by those pathogenic organisms. Different mechanisms including associative, dissociative, and concerted have been proposed up to now but there is not a consensus on the type of pathway that the reaction follows. Herein, we found that the mechanism has features from the associative and concerted types. An analysis of the free energy landscape of the chemical step reveals that the reaction is a two-step process without a well-defined intermediate state.
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