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*[[Delta opioid receptor|The '''δ-opioid receptor''' binds enkephalins]]
*[[Delta opioid receptor|The '''δ-opioid receptor''' binds enkephalins]]
Opioid receptors typically have two big portions: the upper portion, zoomed in here with <scene name='71/715422/Sceneactivesite/1'>active site</scene> shown in indigo, that is ligand specific and recognizes a particular ligand, and the lower portion which is highly conserved amongst all receptors <ref>doi: 10.1038/nature11111</ref>. When <scene name='71/715422/Sceneligand/1'>Naltrindole</scene> approaches delta opioid receptor, it is distinguished by the high hydrophobic interaction between the indole group on the ligand and leucine 300 on the receptor. As it glides deeper into the binding site facilitated by the hydrophobic interaction, the hydroxyl group of the tyrosine-like phenol group hydrogen bonds with water molecules which are hydrogen bound to a critical histidine 248. This holds the ligand by having both the phenol group and histidine anchored by a water molecule.  The water molecules within the binding pocket flank both the ligand and receptor, serving almost as a scaffolding on which for both components to act.  Adjacent to the phenol group, the oxygen of an ether is hydrogen bound to tyrosine 129 of the receptor. On the opposite side of the binding site, aspartic acid 128 forms a salt bridge with the charged amino group on the ligand. The rest of the ligand maintains hydrophobic contact with non-polar residues of the binding site. The phenol to water interaction is a conserved interaction between many opioid receptors and their respective ligands as evidenced by many natural antagonists having a tyrosine that interacts with a water molecule in a similar fashion <ref>doi: 10.1038/nature11111</ref>.
*[[Tutorial: The opioid receptor, a molecular switch]]
*[[Tutorial: The opioid receptor, a molecular switch]]
*[[Orexin and Orexin receptor]]
*[[Orexin and Orexin receptor]]

Revision as of 13:27, 20 April 2021

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor, PDB code 2bg9

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