Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17020596›Full record

ReviewGenome biology2006

Arrestins: ubiquitous regulators of cellular signaling pathways.

Eugenia V Gurevich, Vsevolod V Gurevich

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Review in Genome biology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
175citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

175 citing papers in PubMed, 283 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Zoological research · 2026
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  4. The Functional Role of Gate Loop Residues in Arrestin Binding to GPCRs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Review
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  9. Advances in the study of ARR3 in myopia.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
    Review
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  11. Arrestins: A Small Family of Multi-Functional Proteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
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  16. GPCR targeting of E3 ubiquitin ligase MDM2 by inactive β-arrestin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  19. Long-Read Genome Sequencing ofZoological studies · 2023
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  20. Article

115 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eugenia V GurevichDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, 2200 Pierce Avenue, Preston Research Building, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Vsevolod V Gurevich
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION STUDIES OF VISUAL ARRESTINR01EY011500 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI T M Iverson · 1997 to 2026
$12.3M
Dopamine Receptor Trafficking in Parkinson's DiseaseR01NS045117 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, EUGENIA V · 2003 to 2007
$1.6M
NEI NIH HHS EY11500NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011500NINDS NIH HHS NS45117NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vertebrates, the arrestins are a family of four proteins that regulate the signaling and trafficking of hundreds of different G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Arrestin homologs are also found in insects, protochordates and nematodes. Fungi and protists have related proteins but do not have true arrestins. Structural information is available only for free (unbound) vertebrate arrestins, and shows that the conserved overall fold is elongated and composed of two domains, with the core of each domain consisting of a seven-stranded beta-sandwich. Two main intramolecular interactions keep the two domains in the correct relative orientation, but both of these interactions are destabilized in the process of receptor binding, suggesting that the conformation of bound arrestin is quite different. As well as binding to hundreds of GPCR subtypes, arrestins interact with other classes of membrane receptors and more than 20 surprisingly diverse types of soluble signaling protein. Arrestins thus serve as ubiquitous signaling regulators in the cytoplasm and nucleus.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsArrestinsEvolution, MolecularGene Expression RegulationProtein ConformationReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSpecies SpecificityStructure-Activity RelationshipVertebratesArrestinsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

Identifiers

PMID17020596
PMCPMC1794542
OpenAlexW1562093773

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Registered trials

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