Conformational basis of G protein-coupled receptor signaling versatility

LM Wingler, RJ Lefkowitz - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are privileged structural scaffolds in biology that have
the versatility to regulate diverse physiological processes. Interestingly, many GPCR ligands …

The role of structural dynamics in GPCR‐mediated signaling

D Hilger - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) play critical roles in the regulation of human
physiology in response to a wide array of different extracellular stimuli and thus represent …

Advances in the study of GPCRs by 19F NMR

LP Picard, RS Prosser - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy have advanced atomic resolution
perspectives of inactive and active states of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), alone …

Adenosine A2A receptor antagonists: from caffeine to selective non‐xanthines

KA Jacobson, ZG Gao, P Matricon… - British journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A long evolution of knowledge of the psychostimulant caffeine led in the 1960s to another
purine natural product, adenosine and its A2A receptor. Adenosine is a short‐lived …

Structure and dynamics of GPCRs in lipid membranes: physical principles and experimental approaches

AJY Jones, F Gabriel, A Tandale, D Nietlispach - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past decade, the vast amount of information generated through structural and
biophysical studies of GPCRs has provided unprecedented mechanistic insight into the …

Intermediate-state-trapped mutants pinpoint G protein-coupled receptor conformational allostery

X Wang, C Neale, SK Kim, WA Goddard… - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the roles of intermediate states in signaling is pivotal to unraveling the
activation processes of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). However, the field is still …

Lipid nanoparticle technologies for the study of G protein-coupled receptors in lipid environments

S Lavington, A Watts - Biophysical Reviews, 2020 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of integral membrane proteins
which conduct a wide range of biological roles and represent significant drug targets. Most …

Allosteric activation of proto-oncogene kinase Src by GPCR–beta-arrestin complexes

N Pakharukova, A Masoudi, B Pani, DP Staus… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) initiate signaling cascades via G-proteins and beta-
arrestins (βarr). βarr-dependent actions begin with recruitment of βarr to the phosphorylated …

Cholesterol is a dose-dependent positive allosteric modulator of CCR3 ligand affinity and G protein coupling

E Van Aalst, BJ Wylie - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cholesterol as an allosteric modulator of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) function is well
documented. This quintessential mammalian lipid facilitates receptor–ligand interactions …

Molecular mechanisms of diverse activation stimulated by different biased agonists for the β2-adrenergic receptor

J Chen, J Liu, Y Yuan, X Chen, F Zhang… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
β2AR is an important drug target protein involving many diseases. Biased drugs induce
specific signaling and provide additional clinical utility to optimize β2AR-based therapies …