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ArticleeLife2021

Allosteric ligands control the activation of a class C GPCR heterodimer by acting at the transmembrane interface.

Lei Liu, Zhiran Fan, Xavier Rovira, Li Xue, Salomé Roux, Isabelle Brabet, Mingxia Xin, Jean-Philippe Pin, Philippe Rondard, Jianfeng Liu

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Article in eLife, 2021. 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
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Lei Liu *Cellular Signaling Laboratory, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9824-9570
Zhiran Fan *Cellular Signaling Laboratory, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9543-1211
Xavier RoviraMCS, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9764-9927
Li XueCellular Signaling Laboratory, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Salomé RouxInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6106-4863
Isabelle BrabetInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France.
Mingxia XinCellular Signaling Laboratory, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jean-Philippe PinInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1423-345X
Philippe RondardInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1134-2738
Jianfeng LiuCellular Signaling Laboratory, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0284-8377
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNInstitute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are among the most promising drug targets. They often form homo- and heterodimers with allosteric cross-talk between receptor entities, which contributes to fine-tuning of transmembrane signaling. Specifically controlling the activity of GPCR dimers with ligands is a good approach to clarify their physiological roles and validate them as drug targets. Here, we examined the mode of action of positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) that bind at the interface of the transmembrane domains of the heterodimeric GABA

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Allosteric RegulationHEK293 CellsHumansLigandsProtein DomainsReceptors, GABA-BLigandsReceptors, GABA-Ballosteric agonismallosteric modulatorbiochemistrychemical biologyGABA-BG proteinhumanmetabotropic glutamate receptoroligomer

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PMID34866572
PMCPMC8700296
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