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ArticleACS chemical biology2013

Conformation guides molecular efficacy in docking screens of activated β-2 adrenergic G protein coupled receptor.

Dahlia R Weiss, SeungKirl Ahn, Maria F Sassano, Andrew Kleist, Xiao Zhu, Ryan Strachan, Bryan L Roth, Robert J Lefkowitz, Brian K Shoichet

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  10. BiasNet: A Model to Predict Ligand Bias Toward GPCR Signaling.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2021
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  13. Trends in application of advancing computational approaches in GPCR ligand discovery.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2021
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  18. Discovery of β-arrestin-biased βActa pharmacologica Sinica · 2019
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  20. Recent advances in computational studies of GPCR-G protein interactions.Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dahlia R WeissDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158-2550, USA.
SeungKirl Ahn
Maria F Sassano
Andrew Kleist
Xiao Zhu
Ryan Strachan
Bryan L Roth
Robert J Lefkowitz
Brian K Shoichet
Duke University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USNational Institute of Mental Health · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Physics-based Simulation of Biological Structures(RMI)U54GM072970 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ALTMAN, RUSS BIAGIO · 2004 to 2013
$33.5M
Molecular Regulation of Cardiovascular 7 TM ReceptorsR01HL016037 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ROBERT J LEFKOWITZ · 1985 to 2026
$14.5M
Targeting and Trafficking of 5-HT2A Serotonin ReceptorsR01MH061887 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROTH, BRYAN L. · 2000 to 2014
$4.5M
DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF NEW DOCKING METHODSR01GM059957 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SHOICHET, BRIAN K · 1999 to 2017
$4.4M
Virtual screening studies of the Beta-2 Adrenergic ReceptorF32GM093580 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WEISS, DAHLIA R · 2010 to 2012
$153k
MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF CARDIAC ADRENERGIC RECEPTORSR37HL016037 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI LEFKOWITZ, ROBERT J · 1986 to 1995
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Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS HL16037NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL016037NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM093580NIGMS NIH HHS F32GM093580NIGMS NIH HHS GM072970NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059957NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM072970NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH061887
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A prospective, large library virtual screen against an activated β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) structure returned potent agonists to the exclusion of inverse-agonists, providing the first complement to the previous virtual screening campaigns against inverse-agonist-bound G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) structures, which predicted only inverse-agonists. In addition, two hits recapitulated the signaling profile of the co-crystal ligand with respect to the G protein and arrestin mediated signaling. This functional fidelity has important implications in drug design, as the ability to predict ligands with predefined signaling properties is highly desirable. However, the agonist-bound state provides an uncertain template for modeling the activated conformation of other GPCRs, as a dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) activated model templated on the activated β2AR structure returned few hits of only marginal potency.

Indexed as

Models, MolecularAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsBenzoxazinesBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayCyclic AMPDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEthanolaminesHEK293 CellsHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationMorpholinesProtein ConformationReceptors, Adrenergic, beta-2Receptors, Dopamine D2Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsBenzoxazinesBI167107Cyclic AMPEthanolaminesLigandsMorpholinesReceptors, Adrenergic, beta-2Receptors, Dopamine D2Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledSmall Molecule Libraries

Identifiers

PMID23485065
PMCPMC3658555
OpenAlexW1985048337

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