Table 2.
Databases and software tools for modeling GPCR-G protein interactions
Database/Software | Description | Reference and website |
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PDB | A database contains biological macromolecular structures determined by experiments. | (Berman et al., 2000) https://www.rcsb.org/ |
GPCRdb | A database contains structures, diagrams and web tools of GPCRs. | (Munk et al., 2016) http://gpcrdb.org/ |
gpPDB | A database contains information about GPCRs, effectors of GPCRs and their known interactions. | (Theodoropoulou et al., 2008) http://bioinformatics.biol.uoa.gr/gpDB/ |
Human gpDB | A database contains information about 713 human GPCRs, 36 human G-proteins and 99 human effectors. | (Satagopam et al., 2010) http://bioinformatics.biol.uoa.gr/human_gpdb/ |
OMP | A database provides information about structural classification of membrane proteins, topology, spatial positions in the lipid bilayer, and intracellular localization. | (Lomize, Pogozheva, Joo, Mosberg, & Lomize, 2012) https://opm.phar.umich.edu/ |
CHARMM-GUI | A web-based graphical user interface that helps preparation of biomolecular systems (including GPCRs and the G proteins) for molecular dynamics simulations. | (Jo et al., 2017) http://www.charmm-gui.org/ |