Unraveling structural mechanisms of allosteric drug action
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Orthosteric drugs block the active site to obstruct function; allosteric drugs modify the population of the active state, to modulate function. Available data lead us to propose that allosteric drugs can constitute anchors and drivers. The anchor docks into an allosteric pocket. The conformation with which it interacts is unchanged during the transition between the inactive and active states. The anchor provides the foundation that allows the driver to exert a 'pull' and/or 'push' action that shifts the receptor population from the inactive to the active state. The presence or absence of driver atom in an allosteric drug can exert opposite agonism. We map a strategy for driver identification and expect the allosteric trigger concept to transform agonist/antagonist drug discovery.
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Orthosteric drugs block the active site; allosteric drugs alter the population of the active state through binding at a site far away.
“Orthosteric drugs block the active site; allosteric drugs alter the population of the active state of the protein, including the active site, through binding at a site far away.”
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- Authors
- Nussinov, R., & Tsai, C.-J.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (US)
- Venue
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-05
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 256-264
- ISSN
- 0165-6147 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1975757940
- Cited by
- 119
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 8
- FWCI
- 1.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (HHSN261200800001E)
- National Cancer Institute
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Keywords
- allosteric pocket, active state, driver identification, agonistic behavior, antagonism, receptor conformation, drug discovery
- MeSH terms
- Allosteric Regulation, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Models, Chemical, Molecular Conformation, Pharmacology, Thermodynamics, Catalytic Domain, Drug Discovery
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