Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Understanding VPAC receptor family peptide binding and selectivity

  • Sarah J. Piper,
  • Giuseppe Deganutti,
  • Jessica Lu,
  • Peishen Zhao,
  • Yi-Lynn Liang,
  • Yao Lu,
  • Madeleine M. Fletcher,
  • Mohammed Akhter Hossain,
  • Arthur Christopoulos,
  • Christopher A. Reynolds,
  • Radostin Danev,
  • Patrick M. Sexton,
  • Denise Wootten

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34629-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Previously, peptide selectivity in the VPAC receptor family of GPCRs was poorly understood. Here, authors combine cryo-EM and MD data to understand binding and selectivity of VPAC1R and PAC1R peptide agonists that can guide future drug development.