Ligand rescue of constitutively active mutant receptors.

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Constitutively active mutants (CAMs) of G protein-coupled receptors are found naturally in disease states and they can be generated by point mutation. As these mutants are able to activate G proteins in the absence of a ligand, they are useful tools in the study of conformational changes leading to receptor activation and in the drug discovery process. Early studies on CAMs noted that they are often expressed at...

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