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Disease-causing mutation in PKR2 receptor reveals a critical role of positive charges in the second intracellular loop for G-protein coupling and receptor trafficking.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 May 2011
Peng Zhen, Tang Yong, Luo Hunjin, Jiang Fang, Yang Jiannan, Sun Lin, Li Jia-Da
Abstract excerpt
Prokineticins are a pair of signal factors involved in many physiological processes by binding to two closely related G-protein-coupled receptors, PKR1 and PKR2. Recently, mutations in prokineticin 2 (PK2) and PKR2 are found to be associated with Kallmann syndrome and/or idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, disorders characterized by delayed puberty and infertility. However, little is known how PKRs interact...
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