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mic loop of TM5 located within the target sequence but absent in the template structure. This region was modeled by I-TASSER, an integrated platform for automated protein structure and PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19762596 function whose prediction is based on sequence-to-structureto-function paradigm as per multiple threading alignments by LOMETS. The model generated by I-TASSER was named as sub-model 1. Five sub-models were evaluated by replica-exchange Monte Carlo simulations with low free-energy states, spatial restrains and alignments TM regions to identify the best structural alignment almost closed to the structural analogs on the basis of structural similarity. Any further steric clashes were removed to refine the coordinates, and the final results of all sub-models were based on sequence-structurefunction paradigm obtained from the consensus of structural similarity and confidence score of I-TASSER server. C-score value is the quality for the predicted sub-model on the basis of threading method. Stereochemical properties of each sub-model were evaluated and Y00 = Dobutamine, P32 = Cyanopindolol, P0G = Nanobody, CAU = Carazolol, ERC = FAUC50. RET = order Pyrroloquinolinequinone disodium salt Retinal, P32 = Cyanopindolol, CAU = Carazolol, Y00 = Dobutamine, WHJ = Carmoterol, 5FW = Isoprenaline, 68H = Salbutamol, TIM = Timolol, JRZ = ICI 118,551. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122223.t001 4 / 19 Structure Prediction of Human 1-Adrenergic Receptor the best selected sub-model was incorporated to the homology model of hsADR1, generated previously by ORCHESTRAR and after insertion of the model the finalized modelled is subjected for optimization. Structure optimization of homology model of hsADR1 Homology model of hsADR1 generated by ORCHESTRAR was minimized by SYBYL using conjugate gradient and steepest descent method with 10,000 iterations each. The selected submodel generated by I-TASSER was also individually minimized to 10,000 cycles by AMBER10, followed by the insertion of sub-model into the homology model of hsADR1 by chain joining option in SYBYL. The finally generated model is minimized further to 30,000 cycles using ff99SB force field by AMBER10. Molecular Docking Selection of complexes for re-docking and cross-docking validation. To identify a suitable docking program for the docking of hsADR1 agonists, re-docking and cross-docking experiments were performed by Surflex-Dock, FRED, and GOLD. Six ADR1-ligand complexes, three ADR2-ligand complexes and two Rhodopsin-ligand complexes were retrieved from PDB. The details of the protein-ligand complexes used in this study are summarized in RMSDs and rankings The re-docking results were analyzed to check the ability of docking programs to correctly identify the bound conformation of co-crystallized ligand in the top-ranked solution. RMSDs ~~ The Deepwater Horizon oil spill following a well head blowout emitted 205.8 million gallons of crude oil before getting capped three months later. A chemical dispersant Corexit 9500A was used to break down the oil on the surface and to increase its degradability. A total of 1.84 million PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19763404 gallons of the dispersant was sprayed on the surface and released subsea. Although a study carried out at Louisiana State University found that the 50%-lethal-concentration of Louisiana Sweet Crude oil in killifish was decreased more than eleven times when dispersed by CE, a more recent report from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes showed that mixing the dispersant with oil increased the toxicity of the