[HTML][HTML] Ligands of adrenergic receptors: a structural point of view

Y Wu, L Zeng, S Zhao - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Adrenergic receptors are G protein-coupled receptors for epinephrine and norepinephrine.
They are targets of many drugs for various conditions, including treatment of hypertension …

[HTML][HTML] Allosteric modulation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling

S Shen, C Zhao, C Wu, S Sun, Z Li, W Yan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of transmembrane proteins,
regulate a wide array of physiological processes in response to extracellular signals …

[PDF][PDF] Structural insights into the human D1 and D2 dopamine receptor signaling complexes

Y Zhuang, P Xu, C Mao, L Wang, B Krumm, XE Zhou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The D1-and D2-dopamine receptors (D1R and D2R), which signal through G s
and G i, respectively, represent the principal stimulatory and inhibitory dopamine receptors …

Molecular mechanism of allosteric modulation for the cannabinoid receptor CB1

X Yang, X Wang, Z Xu, C Wu, Y Zhou, Y Wang… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Given the promising clinical value of allosteric modulators of G protein-coupled-receptors
(GPCRs), mechanistic understanding of how these modulators alter GPCR function is of …

Unsaturated bond recognition leads to biased signal in a fatty acid receptor

C Mao, P Xiao, XN Tao, J Qin, QT He, C Zhang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Individual free fatty acids (FAs) play important roles in metabolic homeostasis, many through
engagement with more than 40G protein–coupled receptors. Searching for receptors to …

Structural basis of amine odorant perception by a mammal olfactory receptor

L Guo, J Cheng, S Lian, Q Liu, Y Lu, Y Zheng, K Zhu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Odorants are detected as smell in the nasal epithelium of mammals by two G-protein-
coupled receptor families, the odorant receptors and the trace amine-associated …

[HTML][HTML] Structures of signaling complexes of lipid receptors S1PR1 and S1PR5 reveal mechanisms of activation and drug recognition

Y Yuan, G Jia, C Wu, W Wang, L Cheng, Q Li, Z Li… - Cell research, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is an important bioactive lipid molecule in cell
membrane metabolism and binds to G protein-coupled S1P receptors (S1PRs) to regulate …

Ligand recognition and G-protein coupling of trace amine receptor TAAR1

Z Xu, L Guo, J Yu, S Shen, C Wu, W Zhang, C Zhao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Trace-amine-associated receptors (TAARs), a group of biogenic amine receptors, have
essential roles in neurological and metabolic homeostasis. They recognize diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of activation and biased signaling in complement receptor C5aR1

Y Feng, C Zhao, Y Deng, H Wang, L Ma, S Liu, X Tian… - Cell Research, 2023 - nature.com
The complement system plays an important role in the innate immune response to invading
pathogens. The complement fragment C5a is one of its important effector components and …

[HTML][HTML] Structures of the human cholecystokinin 1 (CCK1) receptor bound to Gs and Gq mimetic proteins provide insight into mechanisms of G protein selectivity

JI Mobbs, MJ Belousoff, KG Harikumar, SJ Piper… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are critical regulators of cellular function acting via
heterotrimeric G proteins as their primary transducers with individual GPCRs capable of …