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ArticleNature communications2025

Structure and function of a near fully-activated intermediate GPCR-Gαβγ complex.

Maxine Bi, Xudong Wang, Jinan Wang, Jun Xu, Wenkai Sun, Victor Ayo Adediwura, Yinglong Miao, Yifan Cheng, Libin Ye

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Maxine Bi *Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6358-1867
Xudong Wang *Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-2072
Jinan Wang *Pharmacology & Computational Medicine Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Jun XuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1600-583X
Wenkai SunDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6957-2507
Victor Ayo AdediwuraPharmacology & Computational Medicine Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Yinglong MiaoPharmacology & Computational Medicine Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. Yinglong_Miao@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-1395
Yifan ChengDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. Yifan.Cheng@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9535-0369
Libin YeDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA. libinye@usf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0818-2972

Funding

Advancing cryo-EM technology to address difficult biological questionsR35GM140847 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Yifan Cheng · 2021 to 2026
$2.1M
Acquisition of an electron microscope for high-resolution single particle cryo-EMS10OD021741 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2016 to 2016
$2.0M
Glacios™ Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope with 200 kV XFEG opticsS10OD026881 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2019 to 2019
$1.8M
Enhanced Sampling of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor-G Protein InteractionsR01GM132572 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MIAO, YINGLONG · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
The Role of Intermediate Conformations in G Protein-coupled Receptor SignalingR01GM149659 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI Libin Ye · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
NMR console upgrade for structural biology and metabolomicsS10OD028753 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI LONG, JOANNA R · 2020 to 2020
$600k
Linux cluster for near atomic resolution single particle cryo-EMS10OD020054 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2015 to 2015
$456k
The Role of G Protein-coupled Receptors in Red Tide Dinoflagellate BioluminescenceR21ES035378 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI YE, LIBIN · 2023 to 2023
$407k
NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES035378NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132572NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM149659NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140847NIH HHS S10 OD020054NIH HHS S10 OD021741NIH HHS S10 OD026881NIH HHS S10 OD028753U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) 1R21ES035378U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 1R01GM149659U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 5R01GM132572U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 5R35GM140847
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unraveling the signaling roles of intermediate complexes is pivotal for G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) drug development. Despite hundreds of GPCR-Gαβγ structures, these snapshots primarily capture the fully activated complex. Consequently, the functions of intermediate GPCR-G protein complexes remain elusive. Guided by a conformational landscape visualized via

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Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledCryoelectron MicroscopyGuanosine DiphosphateGuanosine TriphosphateHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingProtein ConformationSignal TransductionGuanosine DiphosphateGuanosine TriphosphateReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID39875358
PMCPMC11775185

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