Modeling conformational states of proteins with AlphaFold

D Sala, F Engelberger, HS Mchaourab… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many proteins exert their function by switching among different structures. Knowing the
conformational ensembles affiliated with these states is critical to elucidate key mechanistic …

The impact of cryo-EM on determining allosteric modulator-bound structures of G protein-coupled receptors

L Zhang, JI Mobbs, LT May, A Glukhova… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important therapeutic targets for the treatment of
human disease. Although GPCRs are highly successful drug targets, there are many …

Biasing AlphaFold2 to predict GPCRs and kinases with user-defined functional or structural properties

D Sala, PW Hildebrand, J Meiler - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Determining the three-dimensional structure of proteins in their native functional states has
been a longstanding challenge in structural biology. While integrative structural biology has …

Regression-based active learning for accessible acceleration of ultra-large library docking

E Marin, M Kovaleva, M Kadukova… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Structure-based drug discovery is a process for both hit finding and optimization that relies
on a validated three-dimensional model of a target biomolecule, used to rationalize the …

Exploring novel antidepressants targeting G protein-coupled receptors and key membrane receptors based on molecular structures

H Yao, X Wang, J Chi, H Chen, Y Liu, J Yang, J Yu… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a complex mental disorder that involves alterations in
signal transmission across multiple scales and structural abnormalities. The development of …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic characterization of multi-omics landscape between gut microbial metabolites and GPCRome in Alzheimer's disease

Y Qiu, Y Hou, D Gohel, Y Zhou, J Xu, M Bykova… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Shifts in the magnitude and nature of gut microbial metabolites have been implicated in
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the host receptors that sense and respond to these …

Functional consequences of spatial, temporal and ligand bias of G protein-coupled receptors

AD Tóth, G Turu, L Hunyady - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2024 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate every aspect of kidney function by mediating
the effects of various endogenous and exogenous substances. A key concept in GPCR …

Revolutionizing GPCR–ligand predictions: DeepGPCR with experimental validation for high-precision drug discovery

H Zhang, H Fan, J Wang, T Hou… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), crucial in various diseases, are targeted of over 40%
of approved drugs. However, the reliable acquisition of experimental GPCRs structures is …

Illuminating the neuropeptide Y4 receptor and its ligand pancreatic polypeptide from a structural, functional, and therapeutic perspective

C Schüß, V Behr, AG Beck-Sickinger - Neuropeptides, 2024 - Elsevier
The neuropeptide Y 4 receptor (Y 4 R), a rhodopsin-like G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)
and the hormone pancreatic polypeptide (PP) are members of the neuropeptide Y family …

REvoLd: Ultra-Large Library Screening with an Evolutionary Algorithm in Rosetta

P Eisenhuth, F Liessmann, R Moretti… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Ultra-large make-on-demand compound libraries now contain billions of readily available
compounds. This represents a golden opportunity for in-silico drug discovery. One …