Molecular dynamics simulation for all

SA Hollingsworth, RO Dror - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The impact of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in molecular biology and drug discovery
has expanded dramatically in recent years. These simulations capture the behavior of …

Mechanisms of signalling and biased agonism in G protein-coupled receptors

D Wootten, A Christopoulos, M Marti-Solano… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest group of cell surface receptors in
humans that signal in response to diverse inputs and regulate a plethora of cellular …

Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedelic analogs

D Cao, J Yu, H Wang, Z Luo, X Liu, L He, J Qi, L Fan… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Drugs that target the human serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR) are used to treat
neuropsychiatric diseases; however, many have hallucinogenic effects, hampering their use …

Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs

Q Zhou, D Yang, M Wu, Y Guo, W Guo, L Zhong, X Cai… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Class A G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) influence virtually every aspect of human
physiology. Understanding receptor activation mechanism is critical for discovering novel …

Structural basis of odorant recognition by a human odorant receptor

CB Billesbølle, CA de March, WJC van der Velden… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Our sense of smell enables us to navigate a vast space of chemically diverse odour
molecules. This task is accomplished by the combinatorial activation of approximately 400 …

Positive allosteric mechanisms of adenosine A1 receptor-mediated analgesia

CJ Draper-Joyce, R Bhola, J Wang, A Bhattarai… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) is a promising therapeutic target for non-opioid analgesic
agents to treat neuropathic pain,. However, development of analgesic orthosteric A1R …

Conformational basis of G protein-coupled receptor signaling versatility

LM Wingler, RJ Lefkowitz - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are privileged structural scaffolds in biology that have
the versatility to regulate diverse physiological processes. Interestingly, many GPCR ligands …

GPCR dynamics: structures in motion

NR Latorraca, AJ Venkatakrishnan, RO Dror - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The function of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) which represent the largest class of
both human membrane proteins and drug targets depends critically on their ability to …

Water determines the structure and dynamics of proteins

MC Bellissent-Funel, A Hassanali, M Havenith… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Water is an essential participant in the stability, structure, dynamics, and function of proteins
and other biomolecules. Thermodynamically, changes in the aqueous environment affect …

Multi‐state modeling of G‐protein coupled receptors at experimental accuracy

L Heo, M Feig - Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The family of G‐protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) is one of the largest protein families in
the human genome. GPCRs transduct chemical signals from extracellular to intracellular …