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Allosteric functioning of dimeric class C G-protein-coupled receptors.

Abstract

Whereas most membrane receptors are oligomeric entities, G-protein-coupled receptors have long been thought to function as monomers. Within the last 15 years, accumulating data have indicated that G-protein-coupled receptors can form dimers or even higher ordered oligomers, but the general functional significance of this phenomena is not yet clear. Among the large G-protein-coupled receptor family, class C receptors represent a well-recognized example of constitutive dimers, both subunits being linked, in most cases, by a disulfide bridge. In this review article, we show that class C G-protein-coupled receptors are multidomain proteins and highlight the importance of their dimerization for activation. We illustrate several consequences of this in terms of specific functional properties and drug development.

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inserm-00094959 , version 1 (15-09-2006)

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Jean-Philippe Pin, Julie Kniazeff, Jianfeng Liu, Virginie Binet, Cyril Goudet, et al.. Allosteric functioning of dimeric class C G-protein-coupled receptors.. FEBS Journal, 2005, 272, pp.2947-55. ⟨10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04728.x⟩. ⟨inserm-00094959⟩
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