Cryo-EM reveals an extrahelical allosteric binding site at the M5 mAChR

Abstract The M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M5 mAChR) represents a promising therapeutic target for neurological disorders. However, the high conservation of its orthosteric binding site poses significant challenges for drug development. While selective positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) o...

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Main Authors: Wessel A. C. Burger, Jesse I. Mobbs, Bhavika Rana, Jinan Wang, Keya Joshi, Patrick R. Gentry, Mahmuda Yeasmin, Hariprasad Venugopal, Aaron M. Bender, Craig W. Lindsley, Yinglong Miao, Arthur Christopoulos, Celine Valant, David M. Thal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62212-z
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