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G-protein-coupled receptor heteromer dynamics.


ABSTRACT: G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest family of cell surface receptors, and have evolved to detect and transmit a large palette of extracellular chemical and sensory signals into cells. Activated receptors catalyze the activation of heterotrimeric G proteins, which modulate the propagation of second messenger molecules and the activity of ion channels. Classically thought to signal as monomers, different GPCRs often pair up with each other as homo- and heterodimers, which have been shown to modulate signaling to G proteins. Here, we discuss recent advances in GPCR heteromer systems involving the kinetics of the early steps in GPCR signal transduction, the dynamic property of receptor-receptor interactions, and how the formation of receptor heteromers modulate the kinetics of G-protein signaling.

SUBMITTER: Vilardaga JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2995613 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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G-protein-coupled receptor heteromer dynamics.

Vilardaga Jean-Pierre JP   Agnati Luigi F LF   Fuxe Kjell K   Ciruela Francisco F  

Journal of cell science 20101201 Pt 24


G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest family of cell surface receptors, and have evolved to detect and transmit a large palette of extracellular chemical and sensory signals into cells. Activated receptors catalyze the activation of heterotrimeric G proteins, which modulate the propagation of second messenger molecules and the activity of ion channels. Classically thought to signal as monomers, different GPCRs often pair up with each other as homo- and heterodimers, which hav  ...[more]

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