Theoretical investigation of interaction between the set of ligands and α7nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
| Autor: | Dmitry Shmygin, Tatiana R. Prytkova, Olga E. Glukhova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Chemistry G protein-gated ion channel 03 medical and health sciences Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Nicotinic agonist Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M5 Biophysics Ligand-gated ion channel Alpha-4 beta-2 nicotinic receptor 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cys-loop receptors Acetylcholine receptor |
| Zdroj: | SPIE Proceedings. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2211385 |
| Popis: | Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are neuron receptor proteins that provide a transmission of nerve impulse through the synapses. They are composed of a pentametric assembly of five homologous subunits (5 α7 subunits for α7nAChR, for example), oriented around the central pore. These receptors might be found in the chemical synapses of central and peripheral nervous system, and also in the neuromuscular synapses. Transmembrane domain of the one of such receptors constitutes ion channel. The conductive properties of ion channel strongly depend on the receptor conformation changes in the response of binding with some molecule, f.e. acetylcholine. Investigation of interaction between ligands and acetylcholine receptor is important for drug design. In this work we investigate theoretically the interaction between the set of different ligands (such as vanillin, thymoquinone, etc.) and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (primarily with subunit of the α7nAChR) by different methods and packages (AutodockVina, GROMACS, KVAZAR, HARLEM, VMD). We calculate interaction energy between different ligands in the subunit using molecular dynamics. On the base of obtained calculation results and using molecular docking we found an optimal location of different ligands in the subunit. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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