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ArticleBiochemistry2024

Glu102

Takuma Sasaki, Kota Katayama, Hiroo Imai, Hideki Kandori

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Article in Biochemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Structure of human green cone opsin yields insights into mechanisms underlying the rapid decay of its active, signaling state.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  5. Ultrafast transient absorption spectra and kinetics of human blue cone visual pigment at room temperature.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takuma SasakiDepartment of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku,Nagoya 466-8555, Japan.
Kota KatayamaDepartment of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku,Nagoya 466-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8498-4374
Hiroo ImaiCenter for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University, Inuyama 484-8506, Japan.
Hideki KandoriDepartment of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku,Nagoya 466-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4922-1344
Nagoya Institute of Technology · JPKyoto University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ligand-triggered activation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) relies on the phenomenon of loose allosteric coupling, which involves conformational alterations spanning from the extracellular ligand-binding domain to the cytoplasmic region, where interactions with G proteins occur. During the GPCR activation process, several intermediate and equilibrium states orchestrate the movement of the flexible and rigid transmembrane (TM) segments of the GPCR. Monitoring early conformational changes is important in unraveling the structural intricacies of the loose allosteric coupling. Here, we focus on the lumi intermediate formed by thermal relaxation from the initial photointermediate, batho in primate green cone pigment (MG), a light-sensitive GPCR responsible for color vision. Our findings from light-induced Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy reveal its similarity with rhodopsin, which mediates twilight vision, specifically involving the flip motion of the β-ionone ring, the relaxation of the torsional structure of the retinal, and local perturbations in the α-helix upon lumi intermediate formation. Conversely, we observe a hydrogen bond modification specific to MG's protonated carboxylic acid, identifying its origin as Glu102

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Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledRhodopsinAnimalsLigandsSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRhodopsin

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PMID38458614
PMCPMC10993417
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