Investigating the Activation Mechanism Differences between Human and Mouse cGAS by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. B Vol. 127; no. 22; pp. 5034 - 5045
• Main Authors: Liu, Dejia, Zhang, Hong, Huang, Yu-Peng, Gao, Yi Qin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 08.06.2023
• Subjects: Animals; B: Biophysical and Biochemical Systems and Processes; DNA - chemistry; Humans; Mice; Molecular Dynamics Simulation; Nucleotidyltransferases - chemistry

Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) has been widely investigated as a drug target for its crucial role in innate immunity. However, the inhibitors designed using mouse model were often shown to be ineffective for humans. This outcome indicates that the activation mechanisms of human and mouse cGAS (mcGAS...