Study on the enantioselectivity inhibition mechanism of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase toward haloxyfop by homology modeling and MM-PBSA analysis

J Mol Model. 2012 Aug;18(8):3783-92. doi: 10.1007/s00894-012-1387-2. Epub 2012 Mar 7.

Abstract

Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) has been identified as one of the most important targets of herbicide Aryloxyphenoxypropionates (APPs). ACCase shows different enantioselectivity toward APPs, and only (R)-enantiomers of APPs have the herbicidal activity. In order to deeply understand the enantioselective recognition mechanism of ACCase, (R)-haloxyfop, which is a typical commercial herbicide from APPs, is selected and the relative binding free energy between ACCase and (R)-haloxyfop is investigated and compared with that between ACCase and (S)-haloxyfop by homology modeling and molecular mechanics-Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) method. Further free energy analysis reveals that the preference of ACCase toward (R)-haloxyfop is mainly driven by Van der Waals interaction. The analysis of the interaction between the active site residues of ACCase CT domain and (R)-haloxyfop shows the van der Waals interactions have a close relationship with the addition effect of each residue. An understanding of the enantioselective recognition mechanism between ACCase and haloxyfop is desirable to discover novel chiral herbicides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / chemistry*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Herbicides / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry*
  • Poaceae / enzymology
  • Poisson Distribution
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structural Homology, Protein
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Herbicides
  • Plant Proteins
  • Pyridines
  • haloxyfop
  • Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase