Exploring the recognition pathway at the human A<sub>2A</sub> adenosine receptor of the endogenous agonist adenosine using supervised molecular dynamics simulations

Davide Sabbadin, Antonella Ciancetta, Giuseppe Deganutti, Alberto Cuzzolin, Stefano Moro

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Abstract

Adenosine is a naturally occurring purine nucleoside that exerts a variety of important biological functions through the activation of four G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) isoforms, namely the A1, A2A, A2B and A3 adenosine receptors (ARs). Recently, the X-ray structure of adenosine-bound hA2A AR has been solved, thus providing precious structural details on receptor recognition and activation mechanisms. To date, however, little is still known about the possible recognition pathway the endogenous agonist might go through while approaching the hA2A AR from the extracellular environment. In the present work, we report the adenosine-hA2A AR recognition pathway through the analysis of a series of Supervised Molecular Dynamics (SuMD) trajectories. Interestingly, a possible energetically stable meta-binding site has been detected and characterized.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1081-1085
Number of pages5
JournalMedChemComm
Volume6
Early online date20 Apr 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes

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