De Graaf, C.

Structure-Based Discovery of Allosteric Modulators of Two Related Class B G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

Abstract Despite the availability of X-ray crystal structure data for several members of the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, structure-based discovery of GPCR …

De Graaf, C.

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and automated docking of constrained analogues of the opioid peptide H-Dmt-D-Ala-Phe-Gly-NH₂ using the 4- or 5-methyl substituted 4-amino-1,2,4,5-tetrahydro-2-benzazepin-3-one scaffold.

The Phe(3) residue of the N-terminal tetrapeptide of dermorphin (H-Dmt-d-Ala-Phe-Gly-NH(2)) was conformationally constrained using 4- or 5-methyl-substituted …

De Wachter, R.

Agonist-dependent effects of mutations in the sphingosine-1-phosphate type 1 receptor

The sphingosine-1-phosphate type 1 (S1P1) receptor is a new target in the treatment of auto-immune diseases as evidenced by the recent approval of FTY720 (Fingolimod).

Van Loenen, P. B.

Increasing Selectivity of CC Chemokine Receptor 8 Antagonists by Engineering Nondesolvation Related Interactions with the Intended and Off-Target Binding Sites

The metabolic stability and selectivity of a series of CCR8 antagonists against binding to the hERG ion channel and cytochrome Cyp2D6 are studied by principal component analysis.

Shamovsky, I.

Customizing G Protein-coupled receptor models for structure-based virtual screening.

This review will focus on the construction, refinement, and validation of G Protein-coupled receptor models for the purpose of structure-based virtual screening.

De Graaf, C.

Selective Structure-Based Virtual Screening for Full and Partial Agonists of the β2 Adrenergic Receptor

The recently solved high-resolution X-ray structure of the β2 adrenergic receptor has been challenged for its ability to discriminate inverse agonists/antagonists from partial/full …

De Graaf, C.