Understanding GPCR Signaling Using TRUPATH
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...intracellular surface of the GPCR. Binding of a ligand to the extracellular surface of the GPCR causes a conformational...understudied GPCRs in response to different agonists. These studies showed the promiscuity of GPCRs for different...they do so is through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), receptors that play many roles in signaling processes...approximately 950 different human genes encoding GPCRs (Takeda S et al., 2002) and many downstream complexes...can be difficult for scientists to understand how GPCR activation leads to downstream effects.
Bryan ...transducerome) that can be activated downstream of GPCRs that are not involved in sight (Olsen RHJ et al....protein. This complex converts a signal received by a GPCR on the cell’s surface into action that can result...