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Título: Esterase 2 as a fluorescent biosensor for the detection of organophosphorus compounds: docking and electronic insights from molecular dynamics
Palavras-chave: Esterase 2
Organophosphorus compounds
Data do documento: 2019
Editor: Taylor and Francis Online
Citação: PRANDI, I. G.; RAMALHO, T. C.; FRANÇA, T. C. C. Esterase 2 as a fluorescent biosensor for the detection of organophosphorus compounds: docking and electronic insights from molecular dynamics. Molecular Simulation, [S.l.], v. 45, n. 17, 2019.
Resumo: Organophosphorus compounds (OP) are mainly used in agriculture as pesticides. Unfortunately, each year many rural workers are intoxicated by these compounds and, many times, the diagnosis of the exact molecule causing the intoxication can be tardy, exposing the patients to a huge risk of death. One way of preventing this delay is the use of enzymatic biosensors like the enzyme Esterase 2 from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius (AaEST2), which is an efficient fluorescent biosensor for OP identification. However, although this enzyme has been well studied experimentally, the complete understanding of the energy transfer processes that occur between AaEST2 and OPs is still obscure, making it difficult the accurate identification of the OP. In order to better understand this process, we applied in this work molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies, together with the Förster fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) theory, to achieve a better understanding of the fluorescence profiles that are described in the literature and correlate them to individual OPs. Our results suggest that the pesticides chlorpyrifos, diazinon, parathion and paraoxon are all capable of quenching the residue Trp85 from AaEST2, triggering fluorescence. This supports our hypothesis that AaEST2 can be used as a fluorescent biosensor for the detection of organophosphorus compounds.
URI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08927022.2019.1648808
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