Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21602069›Full record

ArticleJournal of molecular graphics & modelling2011

Structural determinants of the alpha2 adrenoceptor subtype selectivity.

Liliana Ostopovici-Halip, Ramona Curpăn, Maria Mracec, Cristian G Bologa

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Article in Journal of molecular graphics & modelling, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors.

Liliana Ostopovici-HalipComputational Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry Timisoara, M. Viteazu 24, 300223, Romania. lili.ostopovici@acad-icht.tm.edu.ro
Ramona Curpăn
Maria Mracec
Cristian G Bologa

Funding

ZUNI HEALTH INITIATIVE-PILOT STUDYP20RR016480 · NCRR · NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES · PI FENG, CHANGJIAN · 2001 to 2011
$33.7M
Yeast Biology ConsortiumU54MH084690 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI TEGOS, GEORGE P · 2008 to 2013
$14.4M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016480NIMH NIH HHS 1U54MH084690NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH084690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha2-adrenergic receptor (α2-AR) subtypes, acting mainly on the central nervous and cardiovascular systems, represent important targets for drug design, confirmed by the high number of studies published so far. Presently, only a few α2-AR subtype selective compounds are known. Using homology modeling and ligand docking, the present study analyzes the similarities and differences between binding sites, and between extracellular loops of the three subtypes of α2-ARs. Several α2-AR subtype selective ligands were docked into the active sites of the three α2-AR subtypes, key interactions between ligands and receptors were mapped, and the predicted results were compared with the available experimental data. Binding site analysis reveals a strong identity between important amino acid residues in each receptor, the very few differences being the key toward modulating selectivity of α2-AR ligands. The observed differences between binding site residues provide an excellent starting point for virtual screening of chemical databases, in order to identify potentially selective ligands for α2-ARs.

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Amino Acid SequenceBinding SitesComputer SimulationDrug DesignHumansModels, MolecularPeptide MappingProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2Sequence AlignmentReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2

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PMID21602069
PMCPMC3307019

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