Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics: Principles and applications

J Wang, PR Arantes, A Bhattarai… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) is a robust computational method for
simultaneous unconstrained enhanced sampling and free energy calculations of …

Microbial and animal rhodopsins: structures, functions, and molecular mechanisms

OP Ernst, DT Lodowski, M Elstner, P Hegemann… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organisms of all domains of life use photoreceptor proteins to sense and respond to light.
The light-sensitivity of photoreceptor proteins arises from bound chromophores such as …

Structure determination of GPCRs: cryo-EM compared with X-ray crystallography

J García-Nafría, CG Tate - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest single family of cell surface receptors
encoded by the human genome and they play pivotal roles in co-ordinating cellular systems …

Structure-function of the G protein–coupled receptor superfamily

V Katritch, V Cherezov… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
During the past few years, crystallography of G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) has
experienced exponential growth, resulting in the determination of the structures of 16 distinct …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamic process of β2-adrenergic receptor activation

R Nygaard, Y Zou, RO Dror, TJ Mildorf, DH Arlow… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can modulate diverse signaling pathways, often in a
ligand-specific manner. The full range of functionally relevant GPCR conformations is poorly …

Activation of the A2A adenosine G-protein-coupled receptor by conformational selection

L Ye, N Van Eps, M Zimmer, OP Ernst, R Scott Prosser - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Conformational selection and induced fit are two prevailing mechanisms, to explain the
molecular basis for ligand-based activation of receptors. G-protein-coupled receptors are the …

[HTML][HTML] PTH and vitamin D

SJ Khundmiri, RD Murray, E Lederer - Comprehensive Physiology, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PTH and Vitamin D are two major regulators of mineral metabolism. They play critical roles
in the maintenance of calcium and phosphate homeostasis as well as the development and …

Action of molecular switches in GPCRs-theoretical and experimental studies

B Trzaskowski, D Latek, S Yuan… - Current medicinal …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), also called 7TM receptors, form a huge superfamily of
membrane proteins that, upon activation by extracellular agonists, pass the signal to the cell …

Structure and function of an irreversible agonist-β2 adrenoceptor complex

DM Rosenbaum, C Zhang, JA Lyons, R Holl, D Aragao… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are eukaryotic integral membrane proteins that
modulate biological function by initiating cellular signalling in response to chemically …

Biased agonism: An emerging paradigm in GPCR drug discovery

Z Rankovic, TF Brust, LM Bohn - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2016 - Elsevier
G protein coupled receptors have historically been one of the most druggable classes of
cellular proteins. The members of this large receptor gene family couple to primary effectors …