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A computational study on interaction of aluminum with d-glucose 6-phosphate for various stoichiometries

Abstract

The interaction of aluminum with glucose 6-phosphate (Al-G6P) is thought to disrupt key processes of the glucide metabolism in cells. In this article, a Density Functional Theory study on the interaction of aluminum with D-glucose 6-phoshate is presented, combined with polarizable continuum models to account for bulk solvent effects. 143 aluminum–G6P complexes with different binding modes and various total charges are characterized comprising mononuclear (1 : 1, 1 : 2, 1 : 3, 1 : 1 : 1 (with citrate)) and dinuclear (2 : 1, 2 : 2) species. This large Al-G6P interaction dataset, the largest theoretical characterization of an aluminum–biophosphate interaction, gives insight into the diversity and complex picture of the interaction of aluminum with phosphate metabolites. We have found that charge and binding mode are driving factors in the binding affinity of glucose 6-phosphate. In addition, our calculations points to a tendency to form dicoordinated binding motifs, in which aluminum is bound to two functional groups of glucose 6-phosphate ligand. This tendency gives rise to a capacity of aluminum to act as a bridging agent in the coordination of several metabolites, a behavior that can be linked to the suspected tendency of aluminum to form aggregates that could induce various toxic effects in biological systems.

Graphical abstract: A computational study on interaction of aluminum with d-glucose 6-phosphate for various stoichiometries

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Nov 2016
Accepted
21 Dec 2016
First published
18 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 6064-6079

A computational study on interaction of aluminum with D-glucose 6-phosphate for various stoichiometries

E. Formoso and X. Lopez, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 6064 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA27037A

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