Alloswitch-1 is a photoswitchable modulator for mGlu5, and it is the first photoswitchable allosteric GPCR modulator. It was generated by adding the azobenzene Ar-N=N-Ar scaffold into an existing positive allosteric modulator of the receptor.
- Silvia Pittolo
- Xavier Gómez-Santacana
- Pau Gorostiza