The binding site of aminergic G protein–coupled receptors: the transmembrane segments and second extracellular loop

L Shi, JA Javitch - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2002 - annualreviews.org
In the current chapter, we review approaches to the identification of the residues forming the
binding sites for agonists, antagonists, and allosteric modulators in the family of aminergic G …

Structure-function of the G protein–coupled receptor superfamily

V Katritch, V Cherezov… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
During the past few years, crystallography of G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) has
experienced exponential growth, resulting in the determination of the structures of 16 distinct …

Diversity and modularity of G protein-coupled receptor structures

V Katritch, V Cherezov, RC Stevens - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2012 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the most 'prolific'family of cell membrane
proteins, which share a general mechanism of signal transduction, but greatly vary in ligand …

Covalent agonists for studying G protein-coupled receptor activation

D Weichert, AC Kruse, A Manglik… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Structural studies on G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) provide important insights into
the architecture and function of these important drug targets. However, the crystallization of …

The changing world of G protein-coupled receptors: from monomers to dimers and receptor mosaics with allosteric receptor–receptor interactions

K Fuxe, D Marcellino, DO Borroto-Escuela… - Journal of Receptors …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Based on indications of direct physical interactions between neuropeptide and monoamine
receptors in the early 1980s, the term receptor–receptor interactions was introduced and …

Critical role for the second extracellular loop in the binding of both orthosteric and allosteric G protein-coupled receptor ligands

VA Avlani, KJ Gregory, CJ Morton, MW Parker… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
The second extracellular (E2) loop of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) plays an
essential but poorly understood role in the binding of non-peptidic small molecules. We …

What can crystal structures of aminergic receptors tell us about designing subtype-selective ligands?

M Michino, T Beuming, P Donthamsetti… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - ASPET
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral membrane proteins that represent an
important class of drug targets. In particular, aminergic GPCRs interact with a significant …

Aminergic gpcr–ligand interactions: A chemical and structural map of receptor mutation data

M Vass, S Podlewska, IJP De Esch… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The aminergic family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) plays an important role in
various diseases and represents a major drug discovery target class. Structure …

Conformational changes of G protein‐coupled receptors during their activation by agonist binding

C Bissantz - Journal of receptors and signal transduction, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The superfamily of G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) is the largest and most diverse
group of transmembrane proteins involved in signal transduction. Many of the over 1000 …

The significance of G protein-coupled receptor crystallography for drug discovery

JA Salon, DT Lodowski, K Palczewski - Pharmacological reviews, 2011 - ASPET
Crucial as molecular sensors for many vital physiological processes, seven-transmembrane
domain G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest family of proteins …