G protein-coupled receptors: structure-and function-based drug discovery

D Yang, Q Zhou, V Labroska, S Qin… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
As one of the most successful therapeutic target families, G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs) have experienced a transformation from random ligand screening to knowledge …

G-protein–coupled receptors in heart disease

J Wang, C Gareri, HA Rockman - Circulation research, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
GPCRs (G-protein [guanine nucleotide-binding protein]–coupled receptors) play a central
physiological role in the regulation of cardiac function in both health and disease and thus …

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 …

Activation pathway of a G protein-coupled receptor uncovers conformational intermediates as targets for allosteric drug design

S Lu, X He, Z Yang, Z Chai, S Zhou, J Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the most common proteins targeted by approved
drugs. A complete mechanistic elucidation of large-scale conformational transitions …

Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Structural insights into G-protein-coupled receptor allostery

DM Thal, A Glukhova, PM Sexton, A Christopoulos - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are key cell-surface proteins that transduce external
environmental cues into biochemical signals across the membrane. GPCRs are intrinsically …

PtdIns (4, 5) P2 stabilizes active states of GPCRs and enhances selectivity of G-protein coupling

HY Yen, KK Hoi, I Liko, G Hedger, MR Horrell, W Song… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in many physiological processes and are
therefore key drug targets 1. Although detailed structural information is available for GPCRs …

Small-molecule discovery through DNA-encoded libraries

AA Peterson, DR Liu - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
The development of bioactive small molecules as probes or drug candidates requires
discovery platforms that enable access to chemical diversity and can quickly reveal new …

A µ-opioid receptor modulator that works cooperatively with naloxone

ES O'Brien, VA Rangari, A El Daibani, SO Eans… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The µ-opioid receptor (µOR) is a well-established target for analgesia, yet conventional
opioid receptor agonists cause serious adverse effects, notably addiction and respiratory …

The pocketome of G-protein-coupled receptors reveals previously untargeted allosteric sites

JB Hedderich, M Persechino, K Becker… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors do not only feature the orthosteric pockets, where most
endogenous agonists bind, but also a multitude of other allosteric pockets that have come …