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The amino terminus and the third extracellular loop of CX3CR1 contain determinants critical for distinct receptor functions.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Mar 2006
Chen Yiming, Green Simone R, Almazan Felicidad, Quehenberger Oswald
Abstract excerpt
The G protein-coupled receptor CX3CR1 is a specific receptor for the CX3C chemokine fractalkine (CX3CL1 according to the new chemokine nomenclature). The aim of this study was to identify receptor elements that contribute independently to agonist binding and receptor activation. Targeted mutation of selected acidic amino acid residues demonstrated that the binding activity of CX3CR1 was critically dependent on...
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