Structural insight to mutation effects uncover a common allosteric site in class C GPCRs

Kasper Harpsøe, Michael W Boesgaard, Christian Munk, Hans Bräuner-Osborne, David E Gloriam

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    Abstract

    Motivation: Class C G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate important physiological functions and allosteric modulators binding to the transmembrane domain constitute an attractive and, due to a lack of structural insight, a virtually unexplored potential for therapeutics and the food industry. Combining pharmacological site-directed mutagenesis data with the recent class C GPCR experimental structures will provide a foundation for rational design of new therapeutics. Results: We uncover one common site for both positive and negative modulators with different amino acid layouts that can be utilized to obtain selectivity. Additionally, we show a large potential for structure-based modulator design, especially for four orphan receptors with high similarity to the crystal structures.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numberbtw784
    JournalBioinformatics (Oxford, England)
    Volume33
    Issue number8
    Pages (from-to)1116-1120
    Number of pages5
    ISSN1367-4803
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2017

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