Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes

M Minoshima, SI Reja, R Hashimoto, K Iijima… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes are powerful tools for visualizing protein
localization and function in living cells. These hybrid probes are constructed by diverse site …

A guide to single-particle tracking

F Simon, LE Weiss, S van Teeffelen - Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2024 - nature.com
Individual proteins and protein complexes undergo various motion types, including free
diffusion, confinement, subdiffusion and directed motion. Different motion behaviours reflect …

Receptor-associated independent cAMP nanodomains mediate spatiotemporal specificity of GPCR signaling

SE Anton, C Kayser, I Maiellaro, K Nemec, J Möller… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) relay extracellular stimuli into specific cellular
functions. Cells express many different GPCRs, but all these GPCRs signal to only a few …

A genetically encoded fluorescent acetylcholine indicator for in vitro and in vivo studies

M **g, P Zhang, G Wang, J Feng, L Mesik… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) regulates a diverse array of physiological
processes throughout the body. Despite its importance, cholinergic transmission in the …

G protein–coupled receptor signaling: new insights define cellular nanodomains

MJ Lohse, A Bock, M Zaccolo - Annual Review of Pharmacology …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
G protein–coupled receptors are the largest and pharmacologically most important receptor
family and are involved in the regulation of most cell functions. Most of them reside …

Heterotrimeric Gq proteins act as a switch for GRK5/6 selectivity underlying β-arrestin transducer bias

K Kawakami, M Yanagawa, S Hiratsuka… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Signaling-biased ligands acting on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) differentially
activate heterotrimeric G proteins and β-arrestins. Although a wealth of structural knowledge …

Molecular mechanism of GPCR spatial organization at the plasma membrane

G Kockelkoren, L Lauritsen, CG Shuttle… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate many critical physiological processes. Their
spatial organization in plasma membrane (PM) domains is believed to encode signaling …

Subcellular organization of GPCR signaling

K Eichel, M von Zastrow - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2018 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise a large and diverse class of signal-
transducing receptors that undergo dynamic and isoform-specific membrane trafficking …

Structure and dynamics of the EGFR/HER2 heterodimer

X Bai, P Sun, X Wang, C Long, S Liao, S Dang… - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
HER2 belongs to the human epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase family. Its
overexpression or hyperactivation is a leading cause for multiple types of cancers. HER2 …

The lateral organization and mobility of plasma membrane components

K Jacobson, P Liu, BC Lagerholm - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Over the last several decades, an impressive array of advanced microscopic and analytical
tools, such as single-particle tracking and nanoscopic fluorescence correlation …