A common motif in G-protein-coupled seven transmembrane helix receptors |
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Authors: | L. Oliveira A. C. M. Paiva G. Vriend |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departamento de Biofisica, Escola Paulista Medicina, CP 20388, 04034 São Paulo, Brazil;(2) EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary G-protein-coupled receptors all share the seven transmembrane helix motif similar to bacteriorhodopsin. This similarity was exploited to build models for these receptors. From an analysis of a multi-sequence alignment of 225 G-protein-coupled receptors belonging to the rhodopsin-like superfamily, conclusions could be drawn about functional residues. Seven residues in the transmembrane regions are conserved throughout all aligned receptors. These residues cluster at the cytosolic side of the transmembrane helices and are for all rhodopsin-like G-protein-coupled receptors implied in signal transduction. An analysis of correlated mutations reveals a number of residues, both in the helices and in the cytosolic loops, that might be important in the signal transduction pathway in subfamilies of this receptor family. |
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Keywords: | G-protein-coupled receptors Modeling |
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