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dualsteric photoswitchable ligands
Taxonomy: Mechanism Branch / Architecture. Workflows sit above the mechanism and technique branches rather than replacing them.
Summary
Allosteric and dualsteric photoswitchable ligands, the latter targeting both orthosteric and allosteric sites, are being developed.
Usefulness & Problems
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Taxonomy & Function
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Mechanism Branch
Architecture: A composed arrangement of multiple parts that instantiates one or more mechanisms.
Mechanisms
allosteric modulationconformational uncagingConformational Uncagingdualsteric bindingphotoisomerizationTechniques
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Validation
Cell-freeBacteriaMammalianMouseHumanTherapeuticIndep. Replication
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Ranked Claims
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.
Approval Evidence
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Allosteric and dualsteric photoswitchable ligands, the latter targeting both orthosteric and allosteric sites, are being developed.
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capabilitysupports
Photoswitchable allosteric and dualsteric ligands can photocontrol refined GPCR functions including signal bias and degrees of partial agonism.
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design constraintsupports
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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Comparisons
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Ranked Citations
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