CagA is a major virulence factor of . CagA is geographically subclassified into East Asian CagA and Western CagA, which are characterized by the presence of a EPIYA-D or EPIYA-C segment. The East Asian CagA is more closely associated with gastric cancer than the Western CagA. In this study, molecular dynamic (MD) simulations were performed to investigate the binding details of SHP2 and EPIYA segments, and to explore the allosteric regulation mechanism of SHP2. Our results show that the EPIYA-D has a stronger binding affinity to the N-SH2 domain of SHP2 than EPIYA-C. In addition, a single EPIYA-D binding to N-SH2 domain of SHP2 can cause a deflection of the key helix B, and the deflected helix B could squeeze the N-SH2 and PTP domains to break the autoinhibition pocket of SHP2. However, a single EPIYA-C binding to the N-SH2 domain of SHP2 cannot break the autoinhibition of SHP2 because the secondary structure of the key helix B is destroyed. However, the tandem EPIYA-C not only increases its binding affinity to SHP2, but also does not significantly break the secondary structure of the key helix B. Our study can help us better understand the mechanism of gastric cancer caused by infection.
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Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
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