Nature Communications (May 2020)

A high-resolution description of β1-adrenergic receptor functional dynamics and allosteric coupling from backbone NMR

  • Anne Grahl,
  • Layara Akemi Abiko,
  • Shin Isogai,
  • Timothy Sharpe,
  • Stephan Grzesiek

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15864-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Signal transmission and regulation of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) by ligands occurs via modulation of complex conformational equilibria. Here authors quantify these equilibria and their dynamics in the β1-adrenergic receptor in its apo form and seven ligand complexes using NMR.