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Participation of transmembrane proline 82 in angiotensin II AT1 receptor signal transduction.
Regulatory peptides - 5 Apr 2007
Reis Rosana I, Santos Edson L, Pesquero João B, Oliveira Laerte, Schanstra Joost P, Bascands Jean-Loup, Pecher Christiane, Paiva Antonio C M, Costa-Neto Claudio M
Abstract excerpt
Most of the classical physiological effects of the octapeptide angiotensin II (AngII) are produced by activating the AT1 receptor which belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor family (GPCR). Peptidic GPCRs may be functionally divided in three regions: (i) extracellular domains involved in ligan...
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