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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2007

Requirements and ontology for a G protein-coupled receptor oligomerization knowledge base.

Lucy Skrabanek, Marta Murcia, Michel Bouvier, Lakshmi Devi, Susan R George, Martin J Lohse, Graeme Milligan, Richard Neubig, Krzysztof Palczewski, Marc Parmentier and 5 more

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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  8. Oligomeric forms of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).Trends in biochemical sciences · 2010
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15 authors.

Lucy SkrabanekDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA. las2017@med.cornell.edu <las2017@med.cornell.edu>
Marta Murcia
Michel Bouvier
Lakshmi Devi
Susan R George
Martin J Lohse
Graeme Milligan
Richard Neubig
Krzysztof Palczewski
Marc Parmentier
Jean-Philippe Pin
Gerrit Vriend
Jonathan A Javitch
Fabien Campagne
Marta Filizola

Funding

INFORMATICS OF GPCR DIMERS IN DRUG ABUSE MECHANISMSR21DA017976 · NIDA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI FILIZOLA, MARTA · 2005 to 2009
$1.3M
Molecular Determinants for the Action of PsychostimulantsK05DA022413 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JAVITCH, JONATHAN A · 2007 to 2016
$1.3M
NIDA NIH HHS DA017976NIDA NIH HHS K05 DA022413NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA017976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundG Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) are a large and diverse family of membrane proteins whose members participate in the regulation of most cellular and physiological processes and therefore represent key pharmacological targets. Although several bioinformatics resources support research on GPCRs, most of these have been designed based on the traditional assumption that monomeric GPCRs constitute the functional receptor unit. The increase in the frequency and number of reports about GPCR dimerization/oligomerization and the implication of oligomerization in receptor function makes necessary the ability to store and access information about GPCR dimers/oligomers electronically.

resultsWe present here the requirements and ontology (the information scheme to describe oligomers and associated concepts and their relationships) for an information system that can manage the elements of information needed to describe comprehensively the phenomena of both homo- and hetero-oligomerization of GPCRs. The comprehensive information management scheme that we plan to use for the development of an intuitive and user-friendly GPCR-Oligomerization Knowledge Base (GPCR-OKB) is the result of a community dialog involving experimental and computational colleagues working on GPCRs.

conclusionOur long term goal is to disseminate to the scientific community organized, curated, and detailed information about GPCR dimerization/oligomerization and its related structural context. This information will be reported as close to the data as possible so the user can make his own judgment on the conclusions drawn for a particular study. The requirements and ontology described here will facilitate the development of future information systems for GPCR oligomers that contain both computational and experimental information about GPCR oligomerization. This information is freely accessible at http://www.gpcr-okb.org.

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Database Management SystemsDatabases, ProteinKnowledge BasesAbstracting and IndexingDimerizationInformation Storage and RetrievalReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledUser-Computer InterfaceReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID17537266
PMCPMC1904246

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