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Molecular dynamics simulations reveal multiple pathways of ligand dissociation from thyroid hormone receptors.
Biophysical journal - 1 Sept 2005
Martínez Leandro, Sonoda Milton T, Webb Paul, Baxter John D, Skaf Munir S, Polikarpov Igor
Abstract excerpt
Nuclear receptor (NR) ligands occupy a pocket that lies within the core of the NR ligand-binding domain (LBD), and most NR LBDs lack obvious entry/exit routes upon the protein surface. Thus, significant NR conformational rearrangements must accompany ligand binding and release. The precise nature of these processes, however, remains poorly understood. Here, we utilize locally enhanced sampling (LES) molecular...
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