Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Structural basis of lysophosphatidylserine receptor GPR174 ligand recognition and activation

  • Jiale Liang,
  • Asuka Inoue,
  • Tatsuya Ikuta,
  • Ruixue Xia,
  • Na Wang,
  • Kouki Kawakami,
  • Zhenmei Xu,
  • Yu Qian,
  • Xinyan Zhu,
  • Anqi Zhang,
  • Changyou Guo,
  • Zhiwei Huang,
  • Yuanzheng He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36575-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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GPR174 is a lysophosphatidylserine (LysoPS) activated GPCR. Here, the authors report the cryo-EM structure of LysoPS-bound human GPR174 in complex with Gs protein. The study reveals how GPR174 recognizes the lipid ligand and engages Gs in a distinct binding mode.