Molecular recognition of an acyl-peptide hormone and activation of ghrelin receptor

Ghrelin is a gastric peptide hormone and its acylation is required for binding to and activation of the ghrelin receptor in the brain, which initiates appetite. Here, the authors present cryo-EM structures of the Gq-coupled ghrelin receptor bound to ghrelin and the synthetic agonist GHRP-6 and they...

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Auteurs principaux: Yue Wang, Shimeng Guo, Youwen Zhuang, Ying Yun, Peiyu Xu, Xinheng He, Jia Guo, Wanchao Yin, H. Eric Xu, Xin Xie, Yi Jiang
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/24e534c788b94b1ebb4dd46fb7bb7dbf
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