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A compound that binds at a different site to the natural receptor and produces a conformational distortion that prevents receptor activation. 

An allosteric modulator binds at a site different from the natural receptor and alters the affinity of the receptor for the ligand, thus increasing or decreasing the effect of the natural agonist. 

In turn, whether significant pharmacokinetic differences arising from the pol)nnorphisms translate into relevant alterations in pharmaco-d)mamics (and clinical efficacy) depends on the operating region of the concentration-response relationship, therapeutic index and utility, and whether kinetic variability is outweighed by variability in receptor sensitivity or number, or in the turnover of the natural receptor ligand. 

Figure 7-15 (A) Schematic diagram of the icosahedral shell of a human rhinovirus showing the arrangement of the three subunits VP1, VP2, and VP3, each present as 60 copies. (B) Stereoscopic view of an image of the virus "decorated" by the binding of two immunoglobulinlike domains of the intercellular adhesion molecule ICAM-1, a natural receptor for the virus.

The use of synthetic materials that imitate recognition characteristics of biological materials has been explored. Particularly, MIPs can be thought of as viable alternates to replace natural receptors. Due to easier methods of in situ preparation as films on electrode surfaces or in membranes and, hence, easier fabrication, the field of chemosensors featuring artificial receptors has received broad attention showing a pronounced progress. 

It is conceivable that the natural receptor binding structure for Sendai virus has only one terminal NeuAc residue, but it is also possible that some of the oligosaccharide moieties received a disialosyl linkage during the incubation with the specific sialyltransferase. 

Coordination by oxygen atoms is not the only mechanism with which cations can be bound in the cavity of a natural or non-natural receptor, however. The crystal structure of acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetate, with the inhibitor deca-methonium (Me3N+(CH2)ioNMe3+) included inside the active center showed an... 

The metallointercalation reagents are a class of heavy metal derivatives that bind to double-stranded polynucleotides by inserting between adjacent base pairs in the helix.1 2 Prototype members of this class of intercalators are (2,2 6, 2"-terpyridine)(thiolato)platinum(II) complexes.3 These may be synthesized from chloro(2,2 6, 2"- terpyridine)platinum(II), which can both intercalate and bind covalently by losing chloride ion. Covalent binding of the thiolato complexes is much slower owing to the more inert character of the Pt—S bond. Metallointercalation reagents also have the potential to bind to proteins that have natural receptor sites for nucleic acid bases. They may therefore also be used to provide isomorphous heavy atom derivatives for X-ray analysis. 

Nature makes ample use of chirality at both the molecular and supramolecular levels. Examples are known in which two enantiomers have drastically different effects.7 The search for enantioselective artificial host molecules is therefore not only inspired by natural receptors, it is also dictated by the need to distinguish enantiomers in various fields of chemical applications. 

Antibodies can have distinct advantages over the natural receptor molecules that are used in some competitive binding assays. They are stable, soluble proteins with known chemical and physical properties. - Procedures for their purification are available, " but usually diluted antisera is used in fluid phase radioimmunoassays. It has been estimated that an individual animal has the potential to produce antibodies specific for approximately 10 diverse immunodominant moieties. These molecules may possess binding constants for individual antigens on the order of... 

The conformational analysis of the deprotected analog 212, performed by using NMR and molecular mechanics, indicates a drastic difference from the major conformation found with the natural compound present in solution, especially around the and a> angles [99]. The low energy barriers for conformer interconversion might nevertheless allow easy access to other conformers that can bind to natural receptors without major entropy penalties. 

These heterocyclic opioid agents, with a diverse structure, act by binding to one or more of the opioid receptor sites which are to be found on neural (and some other sites) in the central and peripheral nervous systems. It is now recognized that these are the natural receptor sites for recognition of the endogenous members of the peptide opioid neurotransmitters families, which are found in neuronal tissue of the brain and elsewhere. 

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