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Lushan Wang

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Open access Aug 2026

Collaborative multi-agent intelligence uncovers subtype-selective allosteric sites at GPCR-lipid interaction interface

Closely related G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) subtypes often share highly conserved orthosteric pockets, making subtype-selective ligand development challenging. Here, we developed a five-agent workflow to systematically identify divergent protein-membrane-interface sites across class A GPCRs and exploit them for selective allosteric ligand discovery. By combining dMaSIF-derived surface fingerprints with Ballesteros-Weinstein (BW) position alignment, we compared structurally equivalent membrane-facing regions and identified the three most divergent hotspots for each of 163 receptor pairs. These regions showed substantial spatial overlap with experimentally characterized allosteric sites. Paired target-off-target screening of one million lead-like compounds, followed by detail-mode redocking and multi-seed consistency filtering, yielded 352 receptor-pair-specific candidates corresponding to 344 unique compounds across 104 receptor pairs. These candidates, together with their divergent sites and predicted selectivity profiles, were integrated into a searchable database. Our findings establish a scalable strategy for translating GPCR membrane-interface divergence into precise allosteric sites and testable subtype-selective ligand candidates.

Jingyi Zhu, Hengde Li, Min Xiao et al. · 0 citations
Aug 2026

Dual Engineering of the Hydrophobic Core and Functional Loop Reshapes the Conformational Energy Landscape for Significantly Enhanced Xylanase Activity and Thermostability.

The industrial application of enzyme catalysts is often constrained by the trade-off between thermostability and catalytic activity. Here, a region-focused engineering strategy was applied to a thermophilic GH10 xylanase to simultaneously improve both properties. The strategy integrates qProtein-guided hydrophobic cluster design for scaffold stabilization and dynamic loop analysis for active-site optimization. The resulting triple mutant A206S-N209D-F130L exhibited substantially improved thermostability, with a 5.79 °C increase in melting temperature and an 18.8-fold extension of the half-life at 60 °C. Its optimum temperature increased from 60 to 70 °C, accompanied by a 129.4% enhancement in catalytic activity at 70 °C relatively to the wild type. Molecular dynamics simulations indicated that these mutations reshape the conformational energy landscape by stabilizing hydrophobic packing and modulating loop dynamics. This study provides a generalizable framework for simultaneously improving enzyme stability and catalytic performance.

Zhaoran Li, Zhixin Dou, Sha Zhao et al. · 0 citations