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  • 标题:Coarse-grained modeling of allosteric regulation in protein receptors
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  • 作者:Ilya A. Balabin ; Weitao Yang ; David N. Beratan
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2009
  • 卷号:106
  • 期号:34
  • 页码:14253-14258
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.0901811106
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Allosteric regulation provides highly specific ligand recognition and signaling by transmembrane protein receptors. Unlike functions of protein molecular machines that rely on large-scale conformational transitions, signal transduction in receptors appears to be mediated by more subtle structural motions that are difficult to identify. We describe a theoretical model for allosteric regulation in receptors that addresses a fundamental riddle of signaling: What are the structural origins of the receptor agonism (specific signaling response to ligand binding)? The model suggests that different signaling pathways in bovine rhodopsin or human {beta}2-adrenergic receptor can be mediated by specific structural motions in the receptors. We discuss implications for understanding the receptor agonism, particularly the recently observed "biased agonism" (selected activation of specific signaling pathways), and for developing rational structure-based drug-design strategies.
  • 关键词:allostery ; signal transduction ; agonism ; GPCR
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