Structural insights into the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors.
Nature
; 566(7742): 79-84, 2019 02.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30675062
ABSTRACT
Metabotropic glutamate receptors are family C G-protein-coupled receptors. They form obligate dimers and possess extracellular ligand-binding Venus flytrap domains, which are linked by cysteine-rich domains to their 7-transmembrane domains. Spectroscopic studies show that signalling is a dynamic process, in which large-scale conformational changes underlie the transmission of signals from the extracellular Venus flytraps to the G protein-coupling domains-the 7-transmembrane domains-in the membrane. Here, using a combination of X-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy and signalling studies, we present a structural framework for the activation mechanism of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5. Our results show that agonist binding at the Venus flytraps leads to a compaction of the intersubunit dimer interface, thereby bringing the cysteine-rich domains into close proximity. Interactions between the cysteine-rich domains and the second extracellular loops of the receptor enable the rigid-body repositioning of the 7-transmembrane domains, which come into contact with each other to initiate signalling.
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MEDLINE
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Transdução de Sinais
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Receptor de Glutamato Metabotrópico 5
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nature
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos