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SUBMITTER: Zhong H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3676822 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhong Hao H Huang Wei W He Gu G Peng Cheng C Wu Fengbo F Ouyang Liang L
International journal of molecular sciences 20130510 5
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that modulates many central and peripheral functions. Tryptophan hydroxylase-1 (TPH1) is a key enzyme of serotonin synthesis. In the current study, the interaction mechanism of phenylalanine derivative TPH1 inhibitors was investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, free energy calculations, free energy decomposition analysis and computational alanine scanning. The predicted binding free energies of these complexes are consistent with the experimental d ...[more]