Fine Tuning Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signaling Through Allostery and Bias

• Main Authors: Emma T. van der Westhuizen (Author), K. H. Christopher Choy (Author), Celine Valant (Author), Simon McKenzie-Nickson (Author), Sophie J. Bradley (Author), Andrew B. Tobin (Author), Patrick M. Sexton (Author), Arthur Christopoulos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The M1 and M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) are highly pursued drug targets for neurological diseases, in particular for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. Due to high sequence homology, selective targeting of any of the M1-M5 mAChRs through the endogenous ligand binding site...