Nature Communications (Jul 2021)
Structural basis for chemokine recognition and receptor activation of chemokine receptor CCR5
Abstract
The chemokine receptor CCR5 plays multiple roles in the immune system. Here, structures of Gi1 protein-coupled CCR5 with or without a chemokine bound and of the CCR5- chemokine MIP-1 α complex offer insight into the distinct binding modes of the ligands and into the mechanism of CCR5 activation.