These biosensors have facilitated the investigation of various aspects of GPCR signaling, including ligand binding (e.g NanoBRET ligand binding [5]), effector protein recruitment assays (e.g G protein recruitment Galés, C., et al., Real-time monitoring of receptor and G-protein interactions in living cells.  Nat Methods, 2005. 2(3): p. 177-84. 7.     

MRGPRD was investigated further by probing downstream signaling effectors along the Gαq/Phospholipase C Additionally, we investigated the constitutive (ligand-independent) and basal activity of MRGPRD and

Study of small molecule binding to live cells provides important information on the characterization of ligands coupled receptor (GPCR), we used one antagonist as probe and multiple other antagonists as competitor ligands Competition binding analysis by titration of five known ligands suggested a good correlation with their This versatile method allows quantitative characterization of ligand binding to cell surface expressed

For instance, the expression of specific chemokine receptors in monocytes and macrophages indicates their to elucidate their specific contributions.Moreover, the study's findings on the unique expression of chemokine

receptor-lipid interface represent an uncharacteristic binding location that raises many questions about the ligand Although ligand-lipid interactions are weak, lipid tails play a role in ligand binding pose stability We discuss physicochemical aspects of ligand binding at the receptor-lipid interface and suggest a compound library enriched by weak donor groups for ligand search in such sites."

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G protein-coupled receptor interactions and modification of signalling involving the ghrelin receptor Known roles of GHSR1a now extend to regulation of neurogenesis, learning and memory, gastrointestinal motility , glucose/lipid metabolism, the cardiovascular system, neuronal protection, motivational salience, and

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However, the impact on structure-based ligand discovery remained uncertain due to the necessity for accurately found that AF2 models achieved accurate side-chain predictions and successfully docked high-affinity ligands models like AlphaFold3, which can predict complex protein-molecule interactions and post-translational modifications AlphaFold2 structures guide prospective ligand discovery.

metadynamics-enhanced conformational sampling are used here to determine the different interactions of these two ligands The endogenous peptide ligand endomorphin-1 (EM-1) underwent almost no significant conformational changes This finding reveals a dynamic mechanism for the response of MOR to different ligands and provides a basis for the discovery of new ligands for MOR at the atomic level."

Ligands must first partition into the surrounding membrane and take lipid paths to these sites. Remarkably, a significant part of the bound ligands appears exposed to the membrane lipids. experimental structures do not usually account for the surrounding lipids, and their apparent contribution to ligand

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in the function of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). βarrs typically interact with phosphorylated C-terminal tail (C tail) and transmembrane core (TM core) of GPCRs. However, the effects of the C tail- and TM core-mediated interactions on the conformational activation Our NMR analyses demonstrated that while the C tail-mediated interaction alone induces partial activation in which βarr exists in equilibrium between basal and activated conformations, the TM core- and the C

GPCR Activation and Signaling Phosphorylation barcodes direct biased chemokine signaling at CXCR3. Binders, Drugs, and more Inhibiting a promiscuous GPCR: iterative discovery of bitter taste receptor ligands

September 2022 "Metabotropic γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABABR), a class C G protein-coupled receptor However, little is known about the mechanism for GP coupling and activation for class C GPCRs. This mechanism provides fresh insights into the mechanistic details of class C GPCRs activation expected

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N-terminal mutants of αqQ209L, termed PM-restricted αqQ209L, in which the addition of membrane-binding motifs binding to βγ and decreased binding to regulator RGS2, and effectors p63RhoGEF-DH/PH and phospholipase C-β

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is the removal of the inhibitory GAIN domain and the dipping of the cleaved stalk peptide into the ligand-binding The structures reveal unique ligand-engaging mode, distinctive activation conformation, and key mechanisms

employed optical assays in living cells to thoroughly profile both GPR35 isoforms for constitutive and ligand-induced activation and signaling of 10 different heterotrimeric G proteins, ligand-induced arrestin recruitment and mechanistic insights of our study provide clues for the future design of isoform-specific GPR35 ligands

Synaptamide suppressed osteoclastogenesis induced by receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand Our study suggested that ligands of GPR110, such as synaptamide, might be a useful drug for osteoporotic

These structures reveal an agonist binding site for the oxysterol and a potential ligand entrance site Together, these findings provide new insight into how EBI2 is activated by an oxysterol ligand and will

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dual contrasting functional feature of CBD, that is, displaying antagonistic and (possible) agonistic ligand From microsecond-length unbiased molecular dynamics simulations, we found that the presence of the CBD ligand These results are in agreement with the proposed modulatory function of each ligand, showing that the In contrast to the CBD/CB1 complex, when the CB1 receptor is simulated in complex with the ligand antagonist