title: Modeling and protein engineering studies of active and inactive states of human dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) and investigation of drug/receptor interactions.
abstract: Homology model structures of the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) were generated starting from the active and inactive states of β2-adrenergic crystal structure templates. To the best of our knowledge, the active conformation of D2R was modeled for the first time in this study. The homology models are built and refined using MODELLER and ROSETTA programs. Top-ranked models have been validated with ligand docking simulations and in silico Alanine-scanning mutagenesis studies. The derived extra-cellular loop region of the protein models is directed toward the binding site cavity which is often involved in ligand binding. The binding sites of protein models were refined using induced fit docking to enable the side-chain refinement during ligand docking simulations. The derived models were then tested using molecular modeling techniques on several marketed drugs for schizophrenia. Alanine-scanning mutagenesis and molecular docking studies gave similar results for marketed drugs tested. We believe that these new D2 receptor models will be very useful for a better understanding of the mechanisms of action of drugs to be targeted to the binding sites of D2Rs and they will contribute significantly to drug design studies involving G-protein-coupled receptors in the future.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Ramin Ekhteiari
authors: RE
authors: Salmas
authors: Mine
authors: M
authors: Yurtsever
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Stein
authors: Serdar
authors: S
authors: Durdagi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011485:Protein Binding; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2
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