Shahbazi Fred, Grandi Victoria, Banerjee Abhinandan, Trant John F
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada.
iScience. 2020 Jul 24;23(7):101301. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101301. Epub 2020 Jun 20.
Like most modern molecular biology and natural product chemistry, understanding cannabinoid pharmacology centers around molecular interactions, in this case, between the cannabinoids and their putative targets, the G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB) and cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB). Understanding the complex structure and interplay between the partners in this molecular dance is required to understand the mechanism of action of synthetic, endogenous, and phytochemical cannabinoids. This review, with 91 references, surveys our understanding of the structural biology of the cannabinoids and their target receptors including both a critical comparison of the extant crystal structures and the computationally derived homology models, as well as an in-depth discussion about the binding modes of the major cannabinoids. The aim is to assist in situating structural biochemists, synthetic chemists, and molecular biologists who are new to the field of cannabis research.
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