Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Allosteric modulation of GPCR-induced β-arrestin trafficking and signaling by a synthetic intrabody

  • Mithu Baidya,
  • Madhu Chaturvedi,
  • Hemlata Dwivedi-Agnihotri,
  • Ashutosh Ranjan,
  • Dominic Devost,
  • Yoon Namkung,
  • Tomasz Maciej Stepniewski,
  • Shubhi Pandey,
  • Minakshi Baruah,
  • Bhanupriya Panigrahi,
  • Parishmita Sarma,
  • Manish K. Yadav,
  • Jagannath Maharana,
  • Ramanuj Banerjee,
  • Kouki Kawakami,
  • Asuka Inoue,
  • Jana Selent,
  • Stéphane A. Laporte,
  • Terence E. Hébert,
  • Arun K. Shukla

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32386-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral membrane proteins and the largest class of drug targets in the human genome. Here, Baidya et al. show that a synthetic antibody can be used to modulate GPCR trafficking and signaling in live cells.