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SUBMITTER: Manglik A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500200 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manglik Aashish A Kobilka Brian K BK Steyaert Jan J
Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology 20161207
Ligand-induced activation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is a key mechanism permitting communication between cells and organs. Enormous progress has recently elucidated the structural and dynamic features of GPCR transmembrane signaling. Nanobodies, the recombinant antigen-binding fragments of camelid heavy-chain-only antibodies, have emerged as important research tools to lock GPCRs in particular conformational states. Active-state stabilizing nanobodies have elucidated several agonist- ...[more]