Article
Salt bridges overlapping the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor agonist binding site reveal a coincidence detector for G protein-coupled receptor activation.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Aug 2011
Janovick Jo Ann, Pogozheva Irina D, Mosberg Henry I, Conn P Michael
Abstract excerpt
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play central roles in most physiological functions, and mutations in them cause heritable diseases. Whereas crystal structures provide details about the structure of GPCRs, there is little information that identifies structural features that permit receptors to pass the cellular quality control system or are involved in transition from the ground state to the ligand-activated...
Topics
- Amino Acids, Basic
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- COS Cells
- Cattle
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Extracellular Fluid
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Stability