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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Cryo-EM Structures of Brain-Derived G Protein-Coupled Receptors: The First Direct Visualization from Mammalian Brain Tissue.

Nicholas J Wright, Yi-Ting Chiu, Kensuke Sakamoto, D Dewran Kocak, Blake A Fordyce, Kunjie Hua, Karen Lu Huang, Grégory Scherrer, Scott P Lyons, Bryan L Roth

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Nicholas J WrightDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7406-2015
Yi-Ting ChiuDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Kensuke SakamotoDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4488-1244
D Dewran KocakDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6934-6964
Blake A FordyceDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Kunjie HuaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Karen Lu HuangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Grégory ScherrerDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1983-5126
Scott P LyonsUNC Metabolomics and Proteomics Core Facility, Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Bryan L RothDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0561-6520

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HONG JIN KIM · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Pacific Northwest Center for Cryo-EM: Equipment SupplementR24GM154185 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI James E Evans, CLAUDIA SUSANA LOPEZ · 2024 to 2026
$21.5M
Molecular Details of Psychoactive Drug ActionsR01MH112205 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Bryan L. Roth, Brian K Shoichet · 2017 to 2026
$6.1M
BRAIN Viral Vector Services and Distribution CoreU24NS124025 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RITOLA, KIMBERLY · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
Super Resolution STED Microscopy at UNCS10OD030300 · OD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GUPTON, STEPHANIE · 2022 to 2022
$600k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM154185NIH HHS S10 OD030300NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH112205NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS124025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain and mediates its actions by both ionotropic (e.g. NMDA and AMPA) and metabotropic glutamate receptors (e.g. mGluRs). The Groups 2 and 3 mGluRs, which pre-synaptically inhibit glutamate release, are important for synaptic plasticity, modulating neuronal excitation, learning and memory. Our current understanding of the structural organization and dynamics of these and other mGluRs, as well as most other GPCRs, relies mainly on studies using recombinant and highly engineered systems

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PMID41959310
PMCPMC13060324

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