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TM2-TM7 interaction in coupling movement of transmembrane helices to activation of the angiotensin II type-1 receptor.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 7 Feb 2003
Miura Shin-ichiro, Zhang Jingli, Boros John, Karnik Sadashiva S
Abstract excerpt
Agonist-induced rigid body motion of transmembrane (TM) helices has been established as a unifying mechanism in the activation of the G protein-coupled receptors. In attempts to measure specific conformational transitions during the activation of the type 1 receptor for angiotensin II (AT(1)), we found a decrease in accessibility of Cys(76) in the second TM helix, suggesting that the orientation of TM2 is altered...
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