Molecular mechanism of biased signaling at the kappa opioid receptor

Biased signaling in κ-opiod receptors (KOR) offer an attractive strategy for pain management. Here the authors identify determinants of KOR signaling bias using structural methods in combination with molecular dynamics simulations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amal El Daibani, Joseph M. Paggi, Kuglae Kim, Yianni D. Laloudakis, Petr Popov, Sarah M. Bernhard, Brian E. Krumm, Reid H. J. Olsen, Jeffrey Diberto, F. Ivy Carroll, Vsevolod Katritch, Bernhard Wünsch, Ron O. Dror, Tao Che
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37041-7