title: Molecular modeling studies to predict the possible binding modes of endomorphin analogs in mu opioid receptor.
abstract: The molecular docking of a series of endomorphin analog with the mu opioid receptor was performed. The successive molecular dynamics of several proposed ligand-receptor complexes inserted into the phospholipid bilayer were carried out to optimize the complex and explore the conformational changes. Meaningful differences of their binding modes were detected and the involvement of some essential residues in ligand binding was also identified. Our proposed ligand-receptor model is in good agreement with previous site-directed mutagenesis experiments.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui South Road, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009842:Oligopeptides; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; C105293:endomorphin 1; C105294:endomorphin 2