International journal of biological macromolecules
May 30, 2025
MRGPRX1 plays dual roles in mediating nociception and pruritus, making it a promising target for alleviating itch and inhibiting pain. However, the mechanisms underlying MRGPRX1 activation and allosteric modulation remain poorly understood, posing si...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
May 29, 2025
AlphaFold2 and other deep learning tools represent the state of the art for protein structure prediction; however, they are still limited in their ability to model multiple protein conformations. Since the function of many proteins depends on their a...
Machine learning has revolutionized drug discovery by enabling the exploration of vast, uncharted chemical spaces essential for discovering novel patentable drugs. Despite the critical role of human G protein-coupled receptors in FDA-approved drugs, ...
Environmental estrogens (EEs), as typical endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), can bind to classic estrogen receptors (ERs) to induce genomic effects, as well as to G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) located on the membrane, thereby inducin...
In humans, selective and promiscuous interactions between 46 secreted chemokine ligands and 23 cell surface chemokine receptors of the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family form a complex network to coordinate cell migration. While chemokines and ...
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
Apr 22, 2025
BACKGROUND: Dysregulated blood lipid metabolism, a primary driver of hyperlipidemia, is closely associated with excessive very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) synthesis and secretion. Nuciferine, a bioactive compound isolated from lotus leaves, demons...
Understanding protein structures can facilitate the development of therapeutic drugs. Traditionally, protein structures have been determined through experimental approaches such as X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and cryo-electron microscopy...
The accelerating growth of make-on-demand chemical libraries provides unprecedented opportunities to identify starting points for drug discovery with virtual screening. However, these multi-billion-scale libraries are challenging to screen, even for ...
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) remain a focal point of research due to their critical roles in cell signaling and their prominence as drug targets. However, directly linking drug efficacy to the receptor-mediated activation of specific intracell...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Mar 6, 2025
Predicting G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) -ligand binding affinity plays a crucial role in drug development. However, determining GPCR-ligand binding affinities is time-consuming and resource-intensive. Although many studies used data-driven metho...
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