The role of the lipid environment in the activity of G protein coupled receptors

R Baccouch, E Rascol, K Stoklosa, ID Alves - Biophysical chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a class of membrane proteins that sense
extracellular signals ranging from light to odorants and small molecules and activate …

PI(4,5)P2: signaling the plasma membrane

RC Wills, GRV Hammond - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
In the almost 70 years since the first hints of its existence, the phosphoinositide,
phosphatidyl-D-myo-inositol 4, 5-bisphosphate has been found to be central in the …

G protein–coupled receptor interactions with arrestins and GPCR kinases: The unresolved issue of signal bias

Q Chen, JJG Tesmer - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) kinases (GRKs) and arrestins interact with agonist-
bound GPCRs to promote receptor desensitization and downregulation. They also trigger …

Location bias contributes to functionally selective responses of biased CXCR3 agonists

DS Eiger, N Boldizsar, CC Honeycutt, J Gardner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Some G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) ligands act as “biased agonists” that preferentially
activate specific signaling transducers over others. Although GPCRs are primarily found at …

Diversity and specificity in location-based signaling outputs of neuronal GPCRs

GA Kumar, MA Puthenveedu - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
The common mechanisms by which members of the G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR)
family respond to neurotransmitters in the brain have been well studied. However, it is …

Development of OPLS-AA/M parameters for simulations of G protein-coupled receptors and other membrane proteins

MJ Robertson, G Skiniotis - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and other membrane proteins are valuable drug
targets, and their dynamic nature makes them attractive systems for study with molecular …

Structural snapshots uncover a lock-and-key type conserved activation mechanism of β-arrestins by GPCRs

J Maharana, P Sarma, MK Yadav, S Saha, V Singh… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Agonist-induced phosphorylation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is a key
determinant for the binding and activation of multifunctional regulatory proteins known as β …

Impact de l'insaturation membranaire sur la voie d'internalisation du récepteur dopaminergique de type 2

R Baccouch - 2022 - theses.hal.science
Le récepteur dopaminergique de type D2 (RD2) est un récepteur couplé à une protéine G
(RCPG) majoritairement exprimé au niveau du système nerveux central où il est largement …