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azobenzene-based photoswitches
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Summary
Photopharmacology enables precise spatial and temporal drug control of receptors by light using modified drug molecules incorporating chemical photoswitches, especially azobenzenes.
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Photopharmacology enables precise spatial and temporal control of receptor-directed drug action using modified molecules that incorporate chemical photoswitches, especially azobenzenes.
Photoswitchable allosteric and dualsteric ligands can photocontrol refined GPCR functions including signal bias and degrees of partial agonism.
Design of allosteric and dualsteric photoswitchable ligands is more complex than design of orthosteric photoswitchable ligands because SAR is steep and often insufficiently described, and spacer structures strongly influence binding.
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Photopharmacology enables precise spatial and temporal drug control of receptors by light using modified drug molecules incorporating chemical photoswitches, especially azobenzenes.
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Photopharmacology enables precise spatial and temporal control of receptor-directed drug action using modified molecules that incorporate chemical photoswitches, especially azobenzenes.
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