Keynote review: allosterism in membrane receptors.
Allosteric modulation of membrane receptors has been intensively studied in the past three decades and is now considered to be an important indirect mechanism for the control of receptor function. The allosteric site on the GABA(A) receptor is the target for the most widely prescribed sleep medicines, the benzodiazepines. Cinacalcet, an allosteric enhancer of the calcium-sensing receptor, is used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism. Allosteric ligands might be especially valuable to control receptors for which the design of selective orthosteric agonists or antagonists has been elusive, such as muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.
Gao
Zhan-Guo
ZG
Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. zhanguog@intra.niddk.nih.gov
Jacobson
Kenneth A
KA
D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D000818:Animals; D019281:Dimerization; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000378:metabolism; D012633:Secretin / Q000378:metabolism
D008024:Ligands; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D012633:Secretin; D012243:Rhodopsin