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ArticleBiophysics reports2017

Class C G protein-coupled receptors: reviving old couples with new partners.

Thor C Møller, David Moreno-Delgado, Jean-Philippe Pin, Julie Kniazeff

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Article in Biophysics reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thor C Møller *Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), CNRS, INSERM, Univ. Montpellier, 34094 Montpellier, France.
David Moreno-Delgado *Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), CNRS, INSERM, Univ. Montpellier, 34094 Montpellier, France.
Jean-Philippe PinInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), CNRS, INSERM, Univ. Montpellier, 34094 Montpellier, France.
Julie KniazeffInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), CNRS, INSERM, Univ. Montpellier, 34094 Montpellier, France.
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are key players in cell communication and are encoded by the largest family in our genome. As such, GPCRs represent the main targets in drug development programs. Sequence analysis revealed several classes of GPCRs: the class A rhodopsin-like receptors represent the majority, the class B includes the secretin-like and adhesion GPCRs, the class F includes the frizzled receptors, and the class C includes receptors for the main neurotransmitters, glutamate and GABA, and those for sweet and umami taste and calcium receptors. Class C receptors are far more complex than other GPCRs, being mandatory dimers, with each subunit being composed of several domains. In this review, we summarize our actual knowledge regarding the activation mechanism and subunit organization of class C GPCRs, and how this brings information for many other GPCRs.

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Activation mechanismDimerizationGABAGlutamateG protein-coupled receptors

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PMID29238742
PMCPMC5719802
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