1. The role of helices 5 and 6 on the human β 1 -adrenoceptor activation mechanism.
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Hoelz, Lucas V.B., Ribeiro, André A.S.T., Bernardi, Rafael C., Horta, Bruno A.C., Albuquerque, Magaly G., da Silva, Joaquim F.M., Pascutti, Pedro G., and de Alencastro, Ricardo B.
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ADRENERGIC receptors , *MOLECULAR dynamics , *G protein coupled receptors , *SYMPATHETIC nervous system , *ADRENALINE , *ATOMIC theory , *CELL communication - Abstract
The human β1-adrenoceptor (β1AR) is a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) involved in sympathetic system regulation through agonist-induced activation. The conserved CWXP-motif in helix 6 (rotamer toggle switch) is one of the most important activation switches in Class A GPCRs. In order to investigate how the agonist binding disturbs this switch, we carried out molecular dynamics simulations of a hβ1AR model in the apo and R-noradrenaline-bound forms. The results show that the agonist binding changes the β1-angle distribution of Cys336, Trp337 and Phe341 residues and increases the helix 6 bending. Overall, we provide a functional hβ1AR model, showing how the rotamer toggle switch mechanism works at atomic level. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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