Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.717, 38-46, 2019
Effect of beta-cyclodextrin-EGCG complexion against aggregated a-synuclein through density functional theory and discrete molecular dynamics
Misfolding and aggregation of a-synuclein (AS) protein are considered to be causative factors for Parkinson's disease. Herein, we describe molecular dynamics simulations of aggregated AS with beta C-EGCG to better characterize the detailed conformational effects on their inhibitory action. Our results indicate that the binding of beta C-EGCG disrupt the beta-sheet of aggregated AS structure and cause impairment of intermolecular interactions. Furthermore, the free energy landscape portrayed the effect of beta C-EGCG directly impedes the formation of aggregated intermediate conformers in AS. Hence, our study could aid in the field of structure-based drug design against the AS disorder.