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Mapping transmembrane residues of proteinase activated receptor 2 (PAR2) that influence ligand-modulated calcium signaling.
Pharmacological research - 1 Mar 2017
Suen J Y, Adams M N, Lim J, Madala P K, Xu W, Cotterell A J, He Y, Yau M K, Hooper J D, Fairlie D P
Abstract excerpt
Proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) is a G protein-coupled receptor involved in metabolism, inflammation, and cancers. It is activated by proteolysis, which exposes a nascent N-terminal sequence that becomes a tethered agonist. Short synthetic peptides corresponding to this sequence also activate PAR2, while small organic molecules show promising PAR2 antagonism. Developing PAR2 ligands into pharmaceuticals is...
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