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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

GPCR large-amplitude dynamics by

Benxun Pan, Dongsheng Liu, Lingyun Yang, Kurt Wüthrich

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Benxun PaniHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7982-1706
Dongsheng LiuiHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2053-1752
Lingyun YangiHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0915-7744
Kurt WüthrichiHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
ShanghaiTech University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNScripps Institution of Oceanography · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comparisons of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) complexes with agonists and antagonists based on X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy structure determinations show differences in the width of the orthosteric ligand binding groove over the range from 0.3 to 2.9 Å. Here, we show that there are transient structure fluctuations with amplitudes up to at least 6 Å. The experiments were performed with the neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R), a GPCR of class A that is involved in inflammation, pain, and cancer. We used 19F-NMR observation of aprepitant, which is an approved drug that targets NK1R for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Aprepitant includes a bis-trifluoromethyl-phenyl ring attached with a single bond to the core of the molecule; 19F-NMR revealed 180° flipping motions of this ring about this bond. In the picture emerging from the 19F-NMR data, the GPCR transmembrane helices undergo large-scale floating motions in the lipid bilayer. The functional implication is of extensive promiscuity of initial ligand binding, primarily determined by size and shape of the ligand, with subsequent selection by unique interactions between atom groups of the ligand and the GPCR within the binding groove. This second step ensures the wide range of different efficacies documented for GPCR-targeting drugs. The NK1R data also provide a rationale for the observation that diffracting GPCR crystals are obtained for complexes with only very few of the ligands from libraries of approved drugs and lead compounds that bind to the receptors.

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AntiemeticsAprepitantNeurokinin-1 Receptor AntagonistsReceptors, Neurokinin-1Cryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayLigandsProtein Structure, SecondaryAntiemeticsAprepitantLigandsNeurokinin-1 Receptor AntagonistsReceptors, Neurokinin-12D [19F,19F]-EXSYaromatic ring flipsnanodiscsNMR saturation transferprotein dynamics

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PMID35377814
PMCPMC9169749
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