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Investigation of interactions at the extracellular loops of the relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1).
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Dec 2014
Diepenhorst Natalie A, Petrie Emma J, Chen Catherine Z, Wang Amy, Hossain Mohammed Akhter, Bathgate Ross A D, Gooley Paul R
Abstract excerpt
Relaxin, an emerging pharmaceutical treatment for acute heart failure, activates the relaxin family peptide receptor (RXFP1), which is a class A G-protein-coupled receptor. In addition to the classic transmembrane (TM) domain, RXFP1 possesses a large extracellular domain consisting of 10 leucine-rich repeats and an N-terminal low density lipoprotein class A (LDLa) module. Relaxin-mediated activation of RXFP1...
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