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@ARTICLE{Cong:280667,
author = {Cong, Xiaojing and Campomanes, Pablo and Kless, Achim and
Schapitz, Inga and Wagener, Markus and Koch, Thomas and
Carloni, Paolo},
title = {{S}tructural {D}eterminants for the {B}inding of
{M}orphinan {A}gonists to the μ-{O}pioid {R}eceptor},
journal = {PLoS one},
volume = {10},
number = {8},
issn = {1932-6203},
address = {Lawrence, Kan.},
publisher = {PLoS},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-00424},
pages = {e0135998 -},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Atomistic descriptions of the μ-opioid receptor (μOR)
noncovalently binding with two of its prototypical morphinan
agonists, morphine (MOP) and hydromorphone (HMP), are
investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
Subtle differences between the binding modes and hydration
properties of MOP and HMP emerge from the calculations.
Alchemical free energy perturbation calculations show
qualitative agreement with in vitro experiments performed in
this work: indeed, the binding free energy difference
between MOP and HMP computed by forward and backward
alchemical transformation is 1.2±1.1 and 0.8±0.8 kcal/mol,
respectively, to be compared with 0.4±0.3 kcal/mol from
experiment. Comparison with an MD simulation of μOR
covalently bound with the antagonist β-funaltrexamine hints
to agonist-induced conformational changes associated with an
early event of the receptor’s activation: a shift of the
transmembrane helix 6 relative to the transmembrane helix 3
and a consequent loss of the key R165-T279 interhelical
hydrogen bond. This finding is consistent with a previous
proposal suggesting that the R165-T279 hydrogen bond between
these two helices indicates an inactive receptor
conformation.},
cin = {GRS Jülich ; German Research School for Simulation
Sciences / IAS-5 / INM-9},
ddc = {500},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)GRS-20100316 / I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-5-20120330 /
I:(DE-Juel1)INM-9-20140121},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF3-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000359664300031},
pubmed = {pmid:26280453},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0135998},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280667},
}