[HTML][HTML] Advances in therapeutic peptides targeting G protein-coupled receptors

AP Davenport, CCG Scully, C de Graaf… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulation of peptide-activated pathways causes a range of diseases, fostering the
discovery and clinical development of peptide drugs. Many endogenous peptides activate G …

New insights into the structure and function of class B1 GPCRs

BP Cary, X Zhang, J Cao, RM Johnson… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of cell surface receptors. Class
B1 GPCRs constitute a subfamily of 15 receptors that characteristically contain large …

Sampling alternative conformational states of transporters and receptors with AlphaFold2

D Del Alamo, D Sala, HS Mchaourab, J Meiler - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Equilibrium fluctuations and triggered conformational changes often underlie the functional
cycles of membrane proteins. For example, transporters mediate the passage of molecules …

[HTML][HTML] GPCR activation mechanisms across classes and macro/microscales

AS Hauser, AJ Kooistra, C Munk… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Two-thirds of human hormones and one-third of clinical drugs activate~ 350 G-protein-
coupled receptors (GPCR) belonging to four classes: A, B1, C and F. Whereas a model of …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into multiplexed pharmacological actions of tirzepatide and peptide 20 at the GIP, GLP-1 or glucagon receptors

F Zhao, Q Zhou, Z Cong, K Hang, X Zou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glucose homeostasis, regulated by glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP),
glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucagon (GCG) is critical to human health. Several …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM structure of an activated VIP1 receptor-G protein complex revealed by a NanoBiT tethering strategy

J Duan, D Shen, XE Zhou, P Bi, Q Liu, Y Tan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide receptor (VIP1R) is a widely expressed class BG protein-
coupled receptor and a drug target for the treatment of neuronal, metabolic, and …

Conserved class B GPCR activation by a biased intracellular agonist

LH Zhao, Q He, Q Yuan, Y Gu, X He, H Shan, J Li… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Class B G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), including glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor
(GLP1R) and parathyroid hormone 1 receptor (PTH1R), are important drug targets …

Structural insights into differences in G protein activation by family A and family B GPCRs

D Hilger, KK Kumar, H Hu, MF Pedersen, ES O'Brien… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Transmembrane signaling of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide–binding
protein (G protein)–coupled receptors (GPCRs) is mediated by ligand-dependent …

[HTML][HTML] Differential GLP-1R binding and activation by peptide and non-peptide agonists

X Zhang, MJ Belousoff, P Zhao, AJ Kooistra, TT Truong… - Molecular Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Peptide drugs targeting class B1 G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can treat multiple
diseases; however, there remains substantial interest in the development of orally delivered …

[HTML][HTML] β-arrestin1 and 2 exhibit distinct phosphorylation-dependent conformations when coupling to the same GPCR in living cells

RS Haider, ESF Matthees, J Drube, M Reichel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract β-arrestins mediate regulatory processes for over 800 different G protein-coupled
receptors (GPCRs) by adopting specific conformations that result from the geometry of the …