TABLE 1

X-ray structures of class A and B GPCRs in which the allosteric ligands are bound to transmembrane lipid-facing binding sites, which can be accessed only through lipid pathways

GPCR ClassReceptorAllosteric Ligand NamePDB IDBilayer Depth (Å)aMajor Species at pH 7.4Solvent-Accessible Surface Area (SASA)b
Ligand LipophilicityUnbound LigandBound Ligand
C log Plog D7.4Total (Å2)Polar (%)Nonpolar (%)MESA (%)BSA (%)
AGPR40TAK-875c4PHU16.11.301.23Negative656.549.850.23169
GPR40MK-8666c5TZR16.43.751.62Negative913.416.883.23466
GPR40AP8d5TZY30.55.234.05Zwitterionic923.915.684.43466
P2Y1BPTUe4XNV22.77.505.53Neutral739.834.865.24060
PAR2AZ3451e5NDZ18.07.966.37Neutral773.118.181.94357
BCRF1RCP-376395e4K5Y23.67.615.7Positive658.149.450.63961
GCGRMK-0893e5EE731.64.883.42Negative971.69.990.14456
GLP1RPF-06372222f5VEW34.74.61−0.53Negative908.313.386.73070
GLP1RNNC0640f5VEX31.04.081.28Positive976.241.558.54555
  • CRF1R, corticotropin-releasing factor 1 receptor; GLP1R, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor; GPR40, free fatty acid receptor 1; PAR2, protease-activated receptor 2.

  • a Binding site location (bilayer depth) within the membrane, measured as the distance between center of mass (COM) of the ligand and that of the phosphorus atoms in the upper leaflet, measured along the bilayer normal.

  • b Calculated using NACCESS (Hubbard and Thornton, 1993) with a probe of radius 1.4 Å; C log P: 1-octanol/water partition coefficients calculated using Bio-Loom for Windows version 1.5 (2006); log D7.4: partition coefficient at pH 7.4 that was calculated using ACD/Percepta (Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., Toronto, ON, 2015). For bilayer depth calculation, the membrane-embedded crystal structures were obtained from the OPM database (Lomize et al., 2012). The average bilayer thickness was 36.92 Å for all the studied receptors.

  • c Partial agonist.

  • d Full allosteric agonists, AgoPAMs.

  • e Antagonist.

  • f Negative allosteric modulator.