Method of receptor fit

FIGURE 12.6 Measurement of full agonist affinity by the method of Furchgott. (a) Dose-response curve to oxotremorine obtained before (filled circles) and after (open circles) partial alkylation of the receptor population with controlled alkylation with phenoxybenzamine (10 jiM for 12 minutes followed by 60 minutes of wash). Real data for the curve after alkylation was compared to calculated concentrations from the fit control curve (see arrows), (b) Double reciprocal of equiactive concentrations of oxotremorine before (ordinates) and after (abscissae) alkylation according to Equation 5.12. The slope is linear with a slope of 609 and an intercept of 7.4 x 107 M-1. 

The aim of this book is to provide a conceptual framework for medicinal chemistry. Chapter 1 dealt with the properties necessary to transform a molecule into a drug-like molecule. Chapter 2 described the properties that determine whether a macromolecule could be a receptor. It is now necessary to develop a method of designing dmg molecules to fit into receptor molecules. The multiphore method of dmg design is such a method. 

NMR samples contained 0.6 ml receptor (0.5-2.0 mM) dissolved in refolding buffer (vide supra) with 10% DjO. One-dimensional F NMR spectra were obtained at 470 mHz on a General Electric GN 500 spectrometer fitted with a 5 mm F probe. Parameters included 16K data points, 3.0 second relaxation delay and 25 Hz linebroadening for processing spectra. T, relaxation times were measured by the inversion recovery method. The two-dimensional F NOESY NMR spectrum was obtained on a Varian Unity Plus 500 using the standard Varian pulse sequence. A total of 128 experiments with a mixing time of 0.3 seconds were performed with collection of 1024 data points. Quadrature detection in the second dimension was obtained through the method of States and Haberkom. C ( H NMR spectra were obtained on a Varian 500 Unity Plus fitted with a 10 mm broadband probe. 

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