화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.123, No.12, 2609-2622, 2019
Determinants of Orexin Receptor Binding and Activation-A Molecular Dynamics Study
We assess the stability of two previously suggested binding modes for the neuropeptide orexin-A in the OX2 receptor through extensive molecular dynamics simulations. As the activation determinants of the receptor remain unknown, we simulated an unliganded receptor and two small-molecular ligands, the antagonist suvorexant and the agonist Nag26 for comparison. Each system was simulated in pure POPC membrane as well as in the 25% cholesterol-POPC membrane. In total, we carried out 36 mu s of simulations. Through this set of simulations, we report a stable binding mode for the C-terminus of orexin-A. In addition, we suggest interactions that would promote orexin receptor activation, as well as others that would stabilize the inactive state.