Pterin deaminase stands as a metalloenzyme and exhibits both antitumor and anticancer activities. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the molecular function of zinc finger protein-160 (zfp160) from Aspergillus terreus with its enzyme mechanism in detail. Subsequently, preliminary molecular docking studies on zfp160 from A. terreus were done. Next, the cloning and expression of zfp160 protein were carried out. Following, protein expression was induced and purified through nickel NTA column with imidazole gradient elution. Through the Mascot search engine tool, the expressed protein of MALDI-TOF was confirmed by 32 kDa bands of SDS-PAGE. Furthermore, its enzymatic characterization and biochemical categorization were also explored. The optimum conditions for enzyme were determined to be pH 8, temperature 35°C, km 50 μm with folic acid as substrate, and V of 24.16 (IU/mL). Further, in silico analysis tried to explore the interactions and binding affinity of various substrates to the modeled pterin deaminase from A. terreus. Our results revealed the binding mode of different substrate molecules with pterin deaminase using the approximate scoring functions that possibly correlate with actual experimental binding affinities. Following this, molecular dynamic simulations provided the in-depth knowledge on deciphering functional mechanisms of pterin deaminase over other drugs.
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