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The mutational landscape of human olfactory G protein-coupled receptors

BMC Biology, 2021
Background Olfactory receptors (ORs) constitute a large family of sensory proteins that enable us to recognize a wide range of chemical volatiles in the environment.
Ramón Cierco Jimenez, Nil Casajuana-Martin, Adrián García-Recio, Lidia Alcántara, Leonardo Pardo, Mercedes Campillo, Angel Gonzalez   +6 more
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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo, Carolin Ector, Hanspeter Herzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The search for novel insecticide targets in the post-genomics era, with a specific focus on G-protein coupled receptors

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Insects are considered pests globally, implicated in the destruction of agricultural fields and transmission of pathogens that cause deadly human diseases, such as dengue, Zika and malaria.
Michelle Ngai, Mary Ann McDowell
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Glycoprotein G-protein Coupled Receptors in Disease: Luteinizing Hormone Receptors and Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptors

Diseases, 2020
Signal transduction by luteinizing hormone receptors (LHRs) and follicle-stimulating hormone receptors (FSHRs) is essential for the successful reproduction of human beings.
Duaa Althumairy, Xiaoping Zhang, Nicholas Baez, George Barisas, Deborah A. Roess, George R. Bousfield, Debbie C. Crans   +6 more
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Crystal structure of rhodopsin bound to arrestin by femtosecond X-ray laser. [PDF]

, 2015
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) signal primarily through G proteins or arrestins. Arrestin binding to GPCRs blocks G protein interaction and redirects signalling to numerous G-protein-independent pathways.
Barty, Anton, Basu, Shibom, Boutet, Sébastien, Caffrey, Martin, Caro, Lydia N, Carragher, Bridget, Chapman, Henry N, Cherezov, Vadim, Coe, Jesse, Conrad, Chelsie E, de Waal, Parker W, Diederichs, Kay, Dong, Yuhui, Ernst, Oliver P, Fromme, Petra, Fromme, Raimund, Gao, Xiang, Gati, Cornelius, Griffin, Patrick R, Grotjohann, Ingo, Gu, Xin, Gurevich, Vsevolod V, Han, Gye Won, He, Yuanzheng, Howe, Nicole, Hubbell, Wayne L, Ishchenko, Andrii, James, Daniel, Jiang, Hualiang, Jiang, Yi, Kang, Yanyong, Katritch, Vsevolod, Ke, Jiyuan, Kupitz, Christopher, Lee, Regina J, Li, Dianfan, Li, Jun, Lisova, Stella, Liu, Haiguang, Liu, Wei, Ma, Jinming, Melcher, Karsten, Messerschmidt, Marc, Moeller, Arne, Pal, Kuntal, Pascal, Bruce D, Potter, Clinton S, Roy-Chowdhury, Shatabdi, Spence, John CH, Standfuss, Jörg, Stevens, Raymond C, Suino-Powell, Kelly M, Tan, MH Eileen, Tan, Minjia, Van Eps, Ned, Vishnivetskiy, Sergey A, Wang, Dingjie, Wang, Meitian, Weierstall, Uwe, West, Graham M, White, Thomas A, Williams, Garth J, Xu, H Eric, Xu, Qingping, Yang, Huaiyu, Yefanov, Oleksandr, Zatsepin, Nadia A, Zhang, Chenghai, Zhao, Yingming, Zheng, Zhong, Zhi, Xiaoyong, Zhou, X Edward   +71 more
core   +1 more source

The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2015/16: G protein‐coupled receptors

British Journal of Pharmacology, 2015
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2015/16 provides concise overviews of the key properties of over 1750 human drug targets with their pharmacology, plus links to an open access knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands ( www.guidetopharmacology.org
Stephen P. H. Alexander, A. Davenport, E. Kelly, N. Marrion, J. A. Peters, H. E. Benson, E. Faccenda, Adam J Pawson, J. Sharman, C. Southan, J. Davies   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Polymorphisms of Prokineticins and Prokineticin Receptors Associated with Human Disease

Life
Prokineticins (PKs) are low molecular weight proteins that exert their effects by binding to two seven-transmembrane G-protein-coupled receptors (prokineticin receptors, PKRs).
Roberta Lattanzi, Rossella Miele
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G Protein-Coupled Receptors in the Mammalian Blood-Brain Barrier

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2020
The mammalian neurovascular unit (NVU) is comprised of neurons, glia, and vascular cells. The NVU is the nexus between the cardiovascular and central nervous system (CNS).
Brock R. Pluimer, Brock R. Pluimer, Brock R. Pluimer, Mark Colt, Mark Colt, Mark Colt, Zhen Zhao, Zhen Zhao, Zhen Zhao   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source