Kinetic and thermodynamic insights into sodium ion translocation through the μ-opioid receptor from molecular dynamics and machine learning analysis.

The differential modulation of agonist and antagonist binding to opioid receptors (ORs) by sodium (Na+) has been known for decades. To shed light on the molecular determinants, thermodynamics, and kinetics of Na+ translocation through the μ-OR (MOR), we used a multi-ensemble Markov model framework c...

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Main Authors: Xiaohu Hu, Yibo Wang, Amanda Hunkele, Davide Provasi, Gavril W Pasternak, Marta Filizola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006689