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SUBMITTER: Bakshi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2151313 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bakshi Kunal K Mercier Richard W RW Pavlopoulos Spiro S
FEBS letters 20070924 25
Desensitization of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor is mediated by the interaction with arrestin. In this study, we report the structural changes of a synthetic diphosphorylated peptide corresponding to residues 419-439 of the CB1 C-terminus upon binding to arrestin-2. This segment is pivotal to the desensitization of CB1. Using high-resolution proton NMR, we observe two helical segments in the bound peptide that are separated by the presence a glycine residue. The binding we observe is with a dipho ...[more]