Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Molecular recognition of formylpeptides and diverse agonists by the formylpeptide receptors FPR1 and FPR2

  • Youwen Zhuang,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Jia Guo,
  • Dapeng Sun,
  • Yue Wang,
  • Weiyi Liu,
  • H. Eric Xu,
  • Cheng Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28586-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Zhuang et al. report four cryo-EM structures of formylpeptide receptors FPR1 and FPR2 coupled with Gi protein and diverse agonists, revealing how FPRs as pattern recognition receptors recognize formylpeptides and synthetic agonists and a distinctive receptor activation mechanism.