Structural insights have been revealed from X-ray co-complexes of a range of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their allosteric ligands. The understanding of how small molecules can modulate the function of this important class of receptors by binding to a diverse range of pockets on and inside the proteins has had a profound impact on the structure-based drug design (SBDD) of new classes of therapeutic agents. The types of allosteric pockets and the mode of modulation as well as the advantages and disadvantages of targeting allosteric pockets (as opposed to the natural orthosteric site) are considered in the context of these new structural findings.

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将基于结构的药物设计方法应用于GPCR的变构调节剂

一系列G蛋白偶联受体（GPCR）及其变构配体的X射线复合物揭示了结构上的见解。对小分子如何通过结合蛋白质内部和内部各种不同的口袋来调节这一重要受体类型的功能的理解，对新型治疗药物的基于结构的药物设计（SBDD）产生了深远的影响。在这些新的结构发现的背景下，考虑了变构口袋的类型和调节方式，以及针对变构口袋（相对于自然的正构位点）的优缺点。