22 research outputs found
Complexity of Some Interesting (Chemical) Graphs
Complexity of some interesting polycyclic graphs is expressed in
terms of the corresponding spanning trees. Graphs considered were
a selection of all connected graphs with four and five vertices, graphs composed of two parts, or more parts, connected by a single edge, the Petersen graph, the Blanuša graph, the Desargues-Levy graph and the Schlegel graph of buckminsterfullerene
Complexity of Some Interesting (Chemical) Graphs
Complexity of some interesting polycyclic graphs is expressed in
terms of the corresponding spanning trees. Graphs considered were
a selection of all connected graphs with four and five vertices, graphs composed of two parts, or more parts, connected by a single edge, the Petersen graph, the Blanuša graph, the Desargues-Levy graph and the Schlegel graph of buckminsterfullerene
Predicting GPCR Promiscuity Using Binding Site Features
G protein-coupled
receptors (GPCRs) represent a large family of
signaling proteins that includes many therapeutic targets. GPCR ligands
include odorants, tastants, and neurotransmitters and vary in size
and properties. Dramatic chemical diversity may occur even among ligands
of the same receptor. Our goal is to unravel the structural and chemical
features that determine GPCRs’ promiscuity toward their ligands.
We perform statistical analysis using more than 30 descriptors related
to the sequence, physicochemical, structural, and energetic properties
of the GPCR binding siteswe find that the chemical variability
of antagonists significantly correlates with the binding site hydrophobicity
and anticorrelates with the number of hydrogen bond donors in the
binding site. The number of disulfide bridges in the extracellular
region of a receptor anticorrelates with the range of molecular weights
of its antagonists, highlighting the role of the entrance pathway
in determining the size selectivity for GPCR antagonists. The predictive
capability of the model is successfully validated using a separate
set of GPCRs, using either X-ray structures or homology models