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Constitutive activation of CCR5 and CCR2 induced by conformational changes in the conserved TXP motif in transmembrane helix 2.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 19 Sept 2003
Alvarez Arias Diana, Navenot Jean-Marc, Zhang Wen-Bo, Broach James, Peiper Stephen C
Abstract excerpt
CCR5 is a G protein-coupled receptor for RANTES, MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, and MCP-2 that functions as the front line coreceptor for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. To elucidate the mechanism for CCR5 activation, this coreceptor was expressed in yeast coupled to the pheromone response pathway and a constitutively active mutant (CAM) was derived by random mutagenesis. Conversion of Thr-82 in the highly...
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