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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Recent Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations for G Protein-Coupled Receptor Drug Discovery.

Ye Zou, John Ewalt, Ho-Leung Ng

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ye ZouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
John EwaltDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Ho-Leung NgDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. hng@ksu.edu.
Kansas State University · US

Funding

National Science Foundation 1833181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are critical drug targets. GPCRs convey signals from the extracellular to the intracellular environment through G proteins. Some ligands that bind to GPCRs activate different downstream signaling pathways. G protein activation, or -arrestin biased signaling, involves ligands binding to receptors and stabilizing conformations that trigger a specific pathway. -arrestin biased signaling has become a hot target for structure-based drug discovery. However, challenges include that there are few crystal structures available in the Protein Data Bank and that GPCRs are highly dynamic. Hence, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are especially valuable for obtaining detailed mechanistic information, including identification of allosteric sites and understanding modulators' interactions with receptors and ligands. Here, we highlight recent MD simulation studies and enhanced sampling methods used to study biased G protein-coupled receptor signaling and their conformational dynamics as well as applications to drug discovery.

Indexed as

Molecular Dynamics SimulationProtein DomainsBinding SitesDrug DiscoveryGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansLigandsProtein BindingReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledGTP-Binding ProteinsLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledallosteric sitesbiased-signaling pathwaydrug designGPCRsmembrane proteinmolecular dynamicsprotein structure

Identifiers

PMID31470676
PMCPMC6747122
OpenAlexW2970082797

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