Adrenoceptor Desensitization: Current understanding of mechanisms

D Maaliki, AA Jaffa, S Nasser, A Sahebkar… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) transduce a wide range of extracellular signals. They
are key players in the majority of biologic functions including vision, olfaction, chemotaxis …

Dynamic insights into the self-activation pathway and allosteric regulation of the orphan G-protein-coupled receptor GPR52

Z Wu, Z Han, L Tao, X Sun, J Su, J Hu… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Within over 800 members of G-protein-coupled receptors, there are numerous orphan
receptors whose endogenous ligands are largely unknown, providing many opportunities for …

Biased activation mechanism induced by GPCR heterodimerization: Observations from μoR/δOR dimers

X Chen, Y Yuan, Y Chen, J Yu, J Wang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
GPCRs regulate multiple intracellular signaling cascades. Biasedly activating one signaling
pathway over the others provides additional clinical utility to optimize GPCR-based …

Protein conformational space at the edge of allostery: turning a nonallosteric malate dehydrogenase into an “allosterized” enzyme using evolution-guided punctual …

A Iorio, C Brochier-Armanet, C Mas… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We unveil the intimate relationship between protein dynamics and allostery by following the
trajectories of model proteins in their conformational and sequence spaces. Starting from a …

Allostery and Evolution: A Molecular Journey Through the Structural and Dynamical Landscape of an Enzyme Super Family

S Coquille, CS Pereira, J Roche… - Molecular Biology …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Allosteric regulation is a powerful mechanism for controlling the efficiency of enzymes.
Deciphering the evolutionary mechanisms by which allosteric properties have been …

Steric communication between dynamic components on DNA nanodevices

Y Wang, S Sensale, M Pedrozo, CM Huang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular nanotechnology has helped emulate basic robotic capabilities such as defined
motion, sensing, and actuation in synthetic nanoscale systems. DNA origami is an attractive …

Biased Signaling in Mutated Variants of β2-Adrenergic Receptor: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

MK Madhu, K Shewani, RK Murarka - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The molecular basis of receptor bias in G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) caused by
mutations that preferentially activate specific intracellular transducers over others remains …

[HTML][HTML] Polyphenol oxidase inhibition by Saccharomyces cerevisiae extracts: A promising approach to prevent enzymatic browning

Z Liu, H Ding, M Martuscelli, S Sajid, H Hang, A Mohsin… - LWT, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO)-mediated browning can have adverse effects on foods' quality
during processing. Therefore, it's important to find natural and efficient PPO-inhibitors. This …

Computational Insights into Prostaglandin E2 Ligand Binding and Activation of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

NP Vu, L Ali, TL Chua, DA Barr… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are eukaryotic integral membrane proteins that
regulate signal transduction cascade pathways implicated in a variety of human diseases …

Coevolution-driven method for efficiently simulating conformational changes in proteins reveals molecular details of ligand effects in the β2AR receptor

D Mitrovic, Y Chen, A Marciniak… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the advent of AI-powered structure prediction, the scientific community is inching closer
to solving protein folding. An unresolved enigma, however, is to accurately, reliably, and …