Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Molecular mechanism of biased signaling at the kappa opioid receptor

  • Amal El Daibani,
  • Joseph M. Paggi,
  • Kuglae Kim,
  • Yianni D. Laloudakis,
  • Petr Popov,
  • Sarah M. Bernhard,
  • Brian E. Krumm,
  • Reid H. J. Olsen,
  • Jeffrey Diberto,
  • F. Ivy Carroll,
  • Vsevolod Katritch,
  • Bernhard Wünsch,
  • Ron O. Dror,
  • Tao Che

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37041-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Biased signaling in κ-opiod receptors (KOR) offer an attractive strategy for pain management. Here the authors identify determinants of KOR signaling bias using structural methods in combination with molecular dynamics simulations.