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Structural Significance of Conformational Preferences and Ribose-Ring-Puckering of Hyper Modified Nucleotide 5’-Monophosphate 2-Methylthio Cyclic N6-Threonylcarbamoyladenosine (p-ms2ct6A) Present at 37th Position in Anticodon Loop of tRNALys

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Structural significance of conformational preferences and ribose ring puckering of newly discovered hyper modified nucleotide, 5’-monophosphate 2-methylthio cyclic N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine (p-ms2ct6A) have been investigated using quantum chemical semi-empirical RM1 and molecular dynamics simulation techniques. Automated geometry optimization of most stable structure of p-ms2ct6A has also been carried out with the help of abinitio (HF SCF, DFT) as well as semi empirical quantum chemical (RM1, AM1, PM3, and PM6) methods. Most stable structure of p-ms2ct6A is stabilized by intramolecular interactions between N(3)…HC(2’), N(1)…HC(16), O(13)…HC(15), and O(13)…HO(14). The torsion angles alpha (α) and beta (β) show the significant characteristic patterns with the involvement of intramolecular hydrogen bonding to provide stability to the p-ms2ct6A. Further, molecular dynamics simulations of p-ms2ct6A revealed the role of ribose sugar ring puckering i.e. C2’-endo and C3’-endo on the structural dynamics of ms2ct6A side chain. The modified nucleotide p-ms2ct6A periodically prefers both the C2’-endo and C3’-endo sugar with ‘anti’ and ‘syn’ conformations. This property of p-ms2ct6A could be useful to recognize the starting ANN codons. All atom explicit MD simulation of anticodon loop (ACL) of tRNALys of Bacillus subtilis containing ms2ct6A at 37th position showed the U-turn feature, base stacking ability with other adjacent bases and hydrogen bonding interactions similar to the isolated base p-ms2ct6A. The ribose sugar puckering contributes to the orientation of the side chain conformation of p-ms2ct6A. Thus, the present study could be helpful to understand the structure-function relationship of the hypermodified nucleoside, ms2ct6A in recognition of the proper codons AAA/AAG during protein biosynthesis.

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KDS gratefully acknowledges the financial support received from DST, New Delhi under the SERB-EMR project (EMR/2017/002688/BBM). ASD thankful to DST SERB for providing project fellowship. Authors are also thankful to Computer center, Shivaji University, Kolhapur for providing necessary facilities.

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Dound, A.S., Fandilolu, P.M. & Sonawane, K.D. Structural Significance of Conformational Preferences and Ribose-Ring-Puckering of Hyper Modified Nucleotide 5’-Monophosphate 2-Methylthio Cyclic N6-Threonylcarbamoyladenosine (p-ms2ct6A) Present at 37th Position in Anticodon Loop of tRNALys. Cell Biochem Biophys 80, 665–680 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-022-01086-0

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