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SUBMITTER: de Munnik SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4403821 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Munnik Sabrina M SM Kooistra Albert J AJ van Offenbeek Jody J Nijmeijer Saskia S de Graaf Chris C Smit Martine J MJ Leurs Rob R Vischer Henry F HF
PloS one 20150420 4
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-infected cells express the virally encoded G protein-coupled receptor ORF74. Although ORF74 is constitutively active, it binds human CXC chemokines that modulate this basal activity. ORF74-induced signaling has been demonstrated to underlie the development of the angioproliferative tumor Kaposi's sarcoma. Whereas G protein-dependent signaling of ORF74 has been the subject of several studies, the interaction of this viral GPCR with β-arrestins has hitherto ...[more]