| Literature DB >> 38405 |
G A Weiland, K P Minneman, P B Molinoff.
Abstract
Antagonist binding to the beta-adrenergic receptor is largely entropy driven, with only a small enthalpy component. The binding of agonists, on the other hand, is associated with a large decrease in enthalpy which permits a highly unfavourable decrease in entropy. The thermodynamic differences between the binding of agonists and antagonists may provide new insights into the molecular basis for hormone stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity.Mesh:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 38405 DOI: 10.1038/281114a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962