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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2018

Structural Basis of Arrestin-Dependent Signal Transduction.

Qiuyan Chen, Tina M Iverson, Vsevolod V Gurevich

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Intrinsic conformational equilibria position arrestin-2 for activation.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  8. Intrinsic conformational equilibria position arrestin-2 for activation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. Arrestins as Possible Drug Targets.Biomolecules & therapeutics · 2025
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  15. Pharmacological reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiuyan ChenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
Tina M IversonDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA; Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA. Electronic address: tina.iverson@vanderbilt.edu.
Vsevolod V GurevichDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA; Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA. Electronic address: vsevolod.gurevich@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · USPurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION STUDIES OF VISUAL ARRESTINR01EY011500 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI T M Iverson · 1997 to 2026
$12.3M
Targeted Engineering of Designer Arrestins to Regulate Cell SignalingR35GM122491 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, VSEVOLOD V. · 2017 to 2021
$2.6M
Arrestin interactions with non-receptor binding partnersR01GM077561 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, VSEVOLOD V. · 2007 to 2015
$2.3M
Molecular basis for arrestin-mediated signalingR01GM120569 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI T M Iverson · 2016 to 2026
$1.9M
Stabilization of Membrane Protein Signaling ComplexesR01GM095633 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI IVERSON, T M · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
Regulation of GPCR signaling with receptor-specific arrestinsR01GM109955 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, VSEVOLOD V. · 2015 to 2017
$1.1M
Molecular mechanisms of arrestin functionR01GM063097 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, VSEVOLOD V. · 2001 to 2004
$982k
Mechanisms of signal bias in arrestinsR21DA043680 · NIDA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, VSEVOLOD V., IVERSON, T M · 2017 to 2018
$432k
NanoTemper Monolith NT.115 Microscale Thermophoresis (MST) instrumentS10OD021483 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SPILLER, BENJAMIN W · 2016 to 2016
$136k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011500NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA043680NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063097NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077561NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM095633NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM109955NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120569NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122491
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arrestins are a small family of proteins with four isoforms in humans. Remarkably, two arrestins regulate signaling from >800 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) or nonreceptor activators by simultaneously binding an activator and one out of hundreds of other signaling proteins. When arrestins are bound to GPCRs or other activators, the affinity for these signaling partners changes. Thus, it is proposed that an activator alters arrestin's ability to transduce a signal. The comparison of all available arrestin structures identifies several common conformational rearrangements associated with activation. In particular, it identifies elements that are directly involved in binding to GPCRs or other activators, elements that likely engage distinct downstream effectors, and elements that likely link the activator-binding sites with the effector-binding sites.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsArrestinHumansModels, MolecularArrestinactivationarrestincell signalingGPCRstructure

Identifiers

PMID29636212
PMCPMC5959776
OpenAlexW2795707628

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