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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2023

Structure and Molecular Mechanism of Signaling for the Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Bound to Gs Protein and Exendin-P5 Biased Agonist.

Bo Li, Krystyna Maruszko, Soo-Kyung Kim, Moon Young Yang, Amy-Doan P Vo, William A Goddard

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Understanding Biased Signaling and Small-Molecule Binding for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity at the Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) Based on Molecular Dynamics Simulations.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bo LiDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Process and Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.
Krystyna MaruszkoDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Process and Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.
Soo-Kyung KimDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Process and Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.
Moon Young YangDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Process and Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.
Amy-Doan P VoDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Process and Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6697-2713
William A GoddardDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Process and Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0097-5716
California Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Functional role and therapeutic targeting of exosomes and extracellular RNA biomarkers in heart failureR35HL150807 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Saumya Das · 2020 to 2026
$6.7M
Characterization of biased airway smooth muscle TAS2R agonists for treating asthmaR01HL155532 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LIGGETT, STEPHEN B · 2021 to 2024
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155532NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL150807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) is a key regulator of blood glucose and a prime target for the treatment of type II diabetes and obesity with multiple public drugs. Here we present a comprehensive computational analysis of the interactions of the activated GLP-1R-Gs signaling complex with a G protein biased agonist, Exendin P5 (ExP5), which possesses a unique N-terminal sequence responsible for the signal bias. Using a refined all-atom model of the ExP5-GLP-1R-Gs complex in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we propose a novel mechanism of conformation transduction in which the unique interaction network of ExP5 N-terminus propagates the binding signal across an array of conserved residues at the transmembrane domain to enhance Gs protein coupling at the cytoplasmic end of the receptor. Our simulations reveal previously unobserved interactions important for activation by ExP5 toward GDP-GTP signaling, providing new insights into the mechanism of class B G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. These findings offer a framework for the structure-based design of more effective therapeutics.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorBlood GlucoseCytoplasmHumansSignal TransductionBlood GlucoseGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor

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PMID37672637
PMCPMC10777869
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