Allosteric communication between protomers of dopamine class A GPCR dimers modulates activation

Y Han, IS Moreira, E Urizar, H Weinstein… - Nature chemical …, 2009 - nature.com
A major obstacle to understanding the functional importance of dimerization between class
AG protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) has been the methodological limitation in achieving …

CODA-RET reveals functional selectivity as a result of GPCR heteromerization

E Urizar, H Yano, R Kolster, C Galés, N Lambert… - Nature chemical …, 2011 - nature.com
Here we present a new method that combines protein complementation with resonance
energy transfer to study conformational changes in response to activation of a defined G …

Evidence for functional pre-coupled complexes of receptor heteromers and adenylyl cyclase

G Navarro, A Cordomí, V Casadó-Anguera… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), G proteins and adenylyl cyclase (AC) comprise one
of the most studied transmembrane cell signaling pathways. However, it is unknown whether …

Interactions between intracellular domains as key determinants of the quaternary structure and function of receptor heteromers

G Navarro, S Ferré, A Cordomi, E Moreno… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) heteromers are macromolecular complexes with unique
functional properties different from those of its individual protomers. Little is known about …

Ligand discovery from a dopamine D3 receptor homology model and crystal structure

J Carlsson, RG Coleman, V Setola, JJ Irwin… - Nature chemical …, 2011 - nature.com
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are intensely studied as drug targets and for their role
in signaling. With the determination of the first crystal structures, interest in structure-based …

Mapping the Interface of a GPCR Dimer: A Structural Model of the A2A Adenosine and D2 Dopamine Receptor Heteromer

DO Borroto-Escuela, D Rodriguez… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The A2A adenosine (A2AR) and D2 dopamine (D2R) receptors form oligomers in the cell
membrane and allosteric interactions across the A2AR–D2R heteromer represent a target …

Instability of a class AG protein-coupled receptor oligomer interface

JM Fonseca, NA Lambert - Molecular pharmacology, 2009 - ASPET
The quaternary structure of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can influence their
trafficking and ability to transduce signals. GPCR oligomers are generally portrayed as long …

[HTML][HTML] CrossTalk opposing view: weighing the evidence for class A GPCR dimers, the jury is still out

NA Lambert, JA Javitch - The Journal of physiology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Evidence that class AG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can assemble as dimers or
higher-order oligomers has steadily accumulated for two decades. However, the structural …

G-protein-coupled receptor heterodimerization modulates receptor function

BA Jordan, LA Devi - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
The opioid system modulates several physiological processes, including analgesia, the
stress response, the immune response and neuroendocrine function. Pharmacological and …

Diverse activation pathways in class A GPCRs converge near the G-protein-coupling region

AJ Venkatakrishnan, X Deupi, G Lebon… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Class A G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of membrane proteins that
mediate a wide variety of physiological functions, including vision, neurotransmission and …