G protein-coupled receptors: a century of research and discovery

S Liu, PJ Anderson, S Rajagopal, RJ Lefkowitz… - Circulation …, 2024 - ahajournals.org
GPCRs (G protein-coupled receptors), also known as 7 transmembrane domain receptors,
are the largest receptor family in the human genome, with≈ 800 members. GPCRs regulate …

G protein-coupled receptor signaling: transducers and effectors

H Jiang, D Galtes, J Wang… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are of considerable interest due to their importance in
a wide range of physiological functions and in a large number of Food and Drug …

CXCL5 activates CXCR2 in nociceptive sensory neurons to drive joint pain and inflammation in experimental gouty arthritis

C Yin, B Liu, Z Dong, S Shi, C Peng, Y Pan, X Bi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Gouty arthritis evokes joint pain and inflammation. Mechanisms driving gout pain and
inflammation remain incompletely understood. Here we show that CXCL5 activates CXCR2 …

A G-protein pathway determines grain size in rice

S Sun, L Wang, H Mao, L Shao, X Li, J **ao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Manipulating grain size is an effective strategy for increasing cereal yields. Here we identify
a pathway composed of five subunits of the heterotrimeric G proteins that regulate grain …

Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use efficiency in rice

H Sun, Q Qian, K Wu, J Luo, S Wang, C Zhang, Y Ma… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The drive toward more sustainable agriculture has raised the profile of crop plant nutrient-
use efficiency. Here we show that a major rice nitrogen-use efficiency quantitative trait locus …

Heterotrimeric G protein activation by G-protein-coupled receptors

WM Oldham, HE Hamm - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2008 - nature.com
Heterotrimeric G proteins have a crucial role as molecular switches in signal transduction
pathways mediated by G-protein-coupled receptors. Extracellular stimuli activate these …

Targeting G protein-coupled receptor signalling by blocking G proteins

AP Campbell, AV Smrcka - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest class of drug targets, largely owing to
their druggability, diversity and physiological efficacy. Many drugs selectively target specific …

SCF and Cullin/Ring H2-based ubiquitin ligases

RJ Deshaies - Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Protein degradation is deployed to modulate the steady-state abundance of
proteins and to switch cellular regulatory circuits from one state to another by abrupt …

Insights into G protein structure, function, and regulation

TM Cabrera-Vera, J Vanhauwe, TO Thomas… - Endocrine …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In multicellular organisms from Caenorhabditis elegans to Homo sapiens, the maintenance
of homeostasis is dependent on the continual flow and processing of information through a …

X-ray structure of the mammalian GIRK2–βγ G-protein complex

MR Whorton, R MacKinnon - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
G-protein-gated inward rectifier K+ (GIRK) channels allow neurotransmitters, through G-
protein-coupled receptor stimulation, to control cellular electrical excitability. In cardiac and …