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A Closer Look into G Protein Coupled Receptor Activation: X-Ray Crystallography and Long-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Vanni, S.  
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Rothlisberger, U.  
2012
Current Medicinal Chemistry

G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large eukaryotic protein family of transmembrane receptors that react to a signal coming from the extracellular environment to generate an intracellular response through the activation of a signal transduction pathway mediated by a heterotrimeric G protein. Their diversity, dictated by the multiplicity of stimuli to which they respond and by the variety of intracellular signalling pathways they activate, make them one of the most prominent families of validated pharmacological targets in biomedicine. In recent years, major breakthroughs in structure determination of GPCRs have given new stimuli to the exploration of the biology of these proteins, providing a structural basis to understand the molecular origin of GPCR mechanisms of action. Based on the information coming from these structural studies, a number of recent in silico investigations used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to contribute to our knowledge of GPCRs. In this review, we will focus on investigations that, taking advantage of the tremendous progress in both hardware and software, made testable hypotheses that have been validated by subsequent structural studies. These state-of-the-art molecular simulations highlight the potential of microsecond MD simulations as a valuable tool in GPCR structural biology and biophysics.

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review article
DOI
10.2174/092986712799320493
Web of Science ID

WOS:000300644000005

Author(s)
Vanni, S.  
Rothlisberger, U.  
Date Issued

2012

Published in
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Volume

19

Issue

8

Start page

1135

End page

1145

Subjects

Gpcr

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Beta Adrenergic Receptor

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Rhodopsin

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Membrane Proteins

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Signal Transduction

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Activation Mechanism

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Drug Binding

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X-ray Crystallography

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Molecular Dynamics

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Computational Biology

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Beta(2) Adrenergic-Receptor

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Angstrom Crystal-Structure

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Retinal Counterion Switch

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Resonance Energy-Transfer

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A(2A) Adenosine Receptor

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Conserved Aspartic-Acid

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Beta(2)-Adrenergic Receptor

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Ionic Lock

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Conformational-Changes

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Partial Agonists

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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March 22, 2012
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