Computational modeling of intramolecular and intermolecular communication in GPCRs

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-185

  Fanelli, Francesca ^a   De Benedetti, Pier G ^a   Raimondi, Francesco ^a   Seeber, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Constitutively active mutants; Molecular dynamics; Molecular recognition; Receptor activation; Signal transduction pathway

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; RHODOPSIN; SEROTONIN; THROMBOXANE A2;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 65649087871     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920309787847554     Document Type: Review

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