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SUBMITTER: Yuan Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734448 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yuan Yaxia Y Zhu Jun J Zhan Chang-Guo CG
ACS chemical neuroscience 20180309 6
Molecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulations were performed in the present study to examine the modes of dopamine binding with human and Drosophila dopamine transporters (hDAT and dDAT). The computational data revealed flipped binding orientations of dopamine in hDAT and dDAT due to the major differences in three key residues (S149, G153, and A423 of hDAT vs A117, D121, and S422 of dDAT) in the binding pocket. These three residues dictate the binding orientation of dopamine in the bindi ...[more]