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Genetically-encoded Molecular Probes to Study G Protein-coupled Receptors
Published on: September 13, 2013
Applications of molecular replacement to G protein-coupled receptors
Andrew C Kruse1, Aashish Manglik, Brian K Kobilka
1Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, 279 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Abstract:
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large class of integral membrane proteins involved in regulating virtually every aspect of human physiology. Despite their profound importance in human health and disease, structural information regarding GPCRs has been extremely limited until recently. With the advent of a variety of new biochemical and crystallographic techniques, the structural biology of GPCRs has advanced rapidly, offering key molecular insights into GPCR activation and signal transduction. To date, almost all GPCR structures have been solved using molecular-replacement techniques. Here, the unique aspects of molecular replacement as applied to individual GPCRs and to signaling complexes of these important proteins are discussed.
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