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ACS MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 1, 期 4, 页码 160-164出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ml100008s
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A2A adenosine receptor; antagonist; GPCR; WaterMap; binding energy; desolvation
A series of triazolylpurine analogues show interesting and unintuitive structure activity relationships against the A2A adenosine receptor. As the 2-substituted aliphatic group is initially increased to methyl and isopropyl, there is a decrease in potency; however, extending the substituent to n-butyl and n-pentyl results in a significant gain in potency. This trend cannot be readily explained by ligand receptor interactions, steric effects, or differences in ligand desolvation. Here, we show that a novel method for characterizing solvent thermodynamics in protein binding sites correctly predicts the trend in binding affinity for this series based on the differential water displacement patterns. In brief, small unfavorable substituents occupy a region in the A2A adenosine receptor binding site predicted to contain stable waters, while the longer favorable substituents extend to a region that contains several unstable waters. The predicted binding energies associated with displacing water within these hydration sites correlate well with the experimental activities.
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