Article
Random mutagenesis of the complement factor 5a (C5a) receptor N terminus provides a structural constraint for C5a docking.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Dec 2006
Hagemann Ian S, Narzinski Kirk D, Floyd Desiree H, Baranski Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
The N terminus of G protein-coupled receptors has been implicated in binding to peptide hormones. We have used random saturation mutagenesis to identify essential residues in the N terminus of the human complement factor 5a receptor (C5aR). In a library of N-terminal mutant C5aR molecules screened for activation by C5a, residues 24-30 of the C5aR showed a marked propensity to mutate to cysteine, most likely...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Complement C5a
- Cysteine
- Disulfides
- Gene Library
- Humans
- Ligands
- Luminescent Proteins
- Membrane Proteins
- Models, Molecular
