Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors

RP Millar, ZL Lu, AJ Pawson, CA Flanagan… - Endocrine …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
GnRH and its analogs are used extensively for the treatment of hormone-dependent
diseases and assisted reproductive techniques. They also have potential as novel …

Molecular mechanisms of ligand binding, signaling, and regulation within the superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors: molecular modeling and mutagenesis …

K Kristiansen - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2004 - Elsevier
The superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) could be subclassified into 7
families (A, B, large N-terminal family B-7 transmembrane helix, C, Frizzled/Smoothened …

High-Resolution Crystal Structure of an Engineered Human β2-Adrenergic G Protein–Coupled Receptor

V Cherezov, DM Rosenbaum, MA Hanson… - science, 2007 - science.org
Heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide–binding protein (G protein)–coupled receptors constitute
the largest family of eukaryotic signal transduction proteins that communicate across the …

A monomeric G protein-coupled receptor isolated in a high-density lipoprotein particle efficiently activates its G protein

MR Whorton, MP Bokoch… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) respond to a diverse array of ligands, mediating
cellular responses to hormones and neurotransmitters, as well as the senses of smell and …

Roles of G‐protein‐coupled receptor dimerization: From ontogeny to signalling regulation

S Terrillon, M Bouvier - EMBO reports, 2004 - embopress.org
The classical idea that G‐protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) function as monomeric
entities has been unsettled by the emerging concept of GPCR dimerization. Recent findings …

Crystal structure of oligomeric β1-adrenergic G protein–coupled receptors in ligand-free basal state

J Huang, S Chen, JJ Zhang, XY Huang - Nature structural & molecular …, 2013 - nature.com
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate transmembrane signaling. Before ligand
binding, GPCRs exist in a basal state. Crystal structures of several GPCRs bound with …

Adenosine A2A-dopamine D2 receptor-receptor heteromerization: qualitative and quantitative assessment by fluorescence and bioluminescence energy transfer

M Canals, D Marcellino, F Fanelli, F Ciruela… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
There is evidence for strong functional antagonistic interactions between adenosine A 2A
receptors (A 2A Rs) and dopamine D 2 receptors (D 2 Rs). Although a close physical …

Time-resolved FRET between GPCR ligands reveals oligomers in native tissues

L Albizu, M Cottet, M Kralikova, S Stoev… - Nature chemical …, 2010 - nature.com
G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) oligomers have been proposed to play critical roles in
cell signaling, but confirmation of their existence in a native context remains elusive, as no …

Organization of the G protein-coupled receptors rhodopsin and opsin in native membranes

Y Liang, D Fotiadis, S Filipek, DA Saperstein… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which constitute the largest and structurally best
conserved family of signaling molecules, are involved in virtually all physiological …

Molecular mechanism of 7TM receptor activation—a global toggle switch model

TW Schwartz, TM Frimurer, B Holst… - Annu. Rev …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The multitude of chemically highly different agonists for 7TM receptors apparently
do not share a common binding mode or active site but nevertheless act through induction of …