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Rescuing the traffic-deficient mutants of rat mu-opioid receptors with hydrophobic ligands.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Jul 2003
Chaipatikul Vipa, Erickson-Herbrandson Laurie J, Loh Horace H, Law Ping-Yee
Abstract excerpt
Deletion of a sequence near the fifth transmembrane domain (258RLSKV262, i3-1 mutant) and a motif residing at the proximal carboxyl tail (344KFCTR348, C-2 mutant) resulted in mu-opioid receptor mutants that were poorly expressed on the surface of transfected human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Treatment with the opioid antagonist naloxone, the agonist etorphine, and other hydrophobic ligands enhanced cell surface...
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