A number of cell surface and nuclear receptors mediate their actions via dimerization. While this has been well established, the dimerization of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) (that ...

A recent study published in Nature by a research team from the United States and China introduced a new class of engineered G-protein-coupled receptors ... native G-protein pathways (PAGERG ...

They also realized that the β-adrenergic receptor was one of many in a whole family of receptors that function in the same way. This family is now known as G-protein-coupled receptors, and the studies ...

In conclusion, hope for more efficient, individualized, and secure therapies may come from continuing research and breakthroughs in novel diabetes treatment targets. These developments are at the ...

The 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the inner workings of G-protein-coupled receptors. Professor David ...