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SUBMITTER: Samoshkin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676002 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Samoshkin Alexander A Convertino Marino M Viet Chi T CT Wieskopf Jeffrey S JS Kambur Oleg O Marcovitz Jaclyn J Patel Pinkal P Stone Laura S LS Kalso Eija E Mogil Jeffrey S JS Schmidt Brian L BL Maixner William W Dokholyan Nikolay V NV Diatchenko Luda L
Scientific reports 20151211
The primary molecular target for clinically used opioids is the μ-opioid receptor (MOR). Besides the major seven-transmembrane (7TM) receptors, the MOR gene codes for alternatively spliced six-transmembrane (6TM) isoforms, the biological and clinical significance of which remains unclear. Here, we show that the otherwise exclusively intracellular localized 6TM-MOR translocates to the plasma membrane upon coexpression with β2-adrenergic receptors (β2-ARs) through an interaction with the fifth and ...[more]