Gas-phase structures reflect the pain-relief potency of enkephalin peptides

Aleksandr Y. Pereverzev, István Szabó, Vladimir N. Kopysov, Edina Rosta, Oleg V. Boyarkin*

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Abstract

We use cold ion spectroscopy and quantum-chemical computations to solve the structures of opioid peptides enkephalins in the gas phase. The derived structural parameters clearly correlate with the known pharmacological efficiency of the studied drugs, suggesting that gas-phase methods, perhaps, can be used for predicting the relative potency of ligand drugs that target the hydrophobic pockets of receptors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22700-22703
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume21
Issue number41
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019

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