Faculty Opinions recommendation of Fragment and Structure-Based Drug Discovery for a Class C GPCR: Discovery of the mGlu5 Negative Allosteric Modulator HTL14242 (3-Chloro-5-[6-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl]benzonitrile).

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John Lowe
Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 344 (6179) ◽  
pp. 58-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huixian Wu ◽  
Chong Wang ◽  
Karen J. Gregory ◽  
Gye Won Han ◽  
Hyekyung P. Cho ◽  
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The excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate induces modulatory actions via the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlus), which are class C G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs). We determined the structure of the human mGlu1 receptor seven-transmembrane (7TM) domain bound to a negative allosteric modulator, FITM, at a resolution of 2.8 angstroms. The modulator binding site partially overlaps with the orthosteric binding sites of class A GPCRs but is more restricted than most other GPCRs. We observed a parallel 7TM dimer mediated by cholesterols, which suggests that signaling initiated by glutamate’s interaction with the extracellular domain might be mediated via 7TM interactions within the full-length receptor dimer. A combination of crystallography, structure-activity relationships, mutagenesis, and full-length dimer modeling provides insights about the allosteric modulation and activation mechanism of class C GPCRs.


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Brice Mullier ◽  
Christian Wolff ◽  
Zara Amanda Sands ◽  
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Pierandrea Muglia ◽  
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Anitha Kopinathan ◽  
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