LANGEVIN DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF LIPID KINASE MUTATIONS IN CANCER

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Lipid kinase mutations play an important role in driving cancer growth. We propose to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms of amino acid changing mutations seen in breast cancers in the Class I lipid kinase PIK3CA using the X-ray crystal structure of its homolog, the Class I lipid kinase PIK3CG. We request resources to run 10ns Langevin dynamics simulations of seven mutant and three wild-type structures with CHARMM to elucidate the structural changes that produce an abnormal, hyperactive protein in cancer.