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Development of a selective agonist for relaxin family peptide receptor 3.
Scientific reports - 12 Jun 2017
Wei Dian, Hu Meng-Jun, Shao Xiao-Xia, Wang Jia-Hui, Nie Wei-Han, Liu Ya-Li, Xu Zeng-Guang, Guo Zhan-Yun
Abstract excerpt
Relaxin family peptides perform a variety of biological functions by activating four G protein-coupled receptors, namely RXFP1-4. Among these receptors, RXFP3 lacks a specific natural or synthetic agonist at present. A previously designed chimeric R3/I5 peptide, consisting of the B-chain of relaxin-3 and the A-chain of INSL5, displays equal activity towards the homologous RXFP3 and RXFP4. To increase its...
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