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MOLECULES
卷 24, 期 15, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24152752
关键词
Adenosine Receptor; Agonist; Sodium Ion; Allosteric Modulator; Molecular Dynamics; Supervised Molecular Dynamics
One of the most intriguing findings highlighted from G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) crystallography is the presence, in many members of class A, of a partially hydrated sodium ion in the middle of the seven transmembrane helices (7TM) bundle. In particular, the human adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A) AR) is the first GPCR in which a monovalent sodium ion was crystallized in a distal site from the canonical orthosteric one, corroborating, from a structural point of view, its role as a negative allosteric modulator. However, the molecular mechanism by which the sodium ion influences the recognition of the A(2A) AR agonists is not yet fully understood. In this study, the supervised molecular dynamics (SuMD) technique was exploited to analyse the sodium ion recognition mechanism and how its presence influences the binding of the endogenous agonist adenosine. Due to a higher degree of flexibility of the receptor extracellular (EC) vestibule, we propose the sodium-bound A(2A) AR as less efficient in stabilizing the adenosine during the different steps of binding.
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