| Literature DB >> 24997604 |
Whitney M Nolte1, Jean-Philippe Fortin2, Benjamin D Stevens1, Gary E Aspnes3, David A Griffith1, Lise R Hoth4, Roger B Ruggeri1, Alan M Mathiowetz1, Chris Limberakis3, David Hepworth1, Philip A Carpino1.
Abstract
We report that 4-(3-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-2-ethylsulfinyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine (BETP), which behaves as a positive allosteric modulator at the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R), covalently modifies cysteines 347 and 438 in GLP-1R. C347, located in intracellular loop 3 of GLP-1R, is critical to the activity of BETP and a structurally distinct GLP-1R ago-allosteric modulator, N-(tert-butyl)-6,7-dichloro-3-(methylsulfonyl)quinoxalin-2-amine. We further show that substitution of cysteine for phenylalanine 345 in the glucagon receptor is sufficient to confer sensitivity to BETP.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24997604 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1581
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Chem Biol ISSN: 1552-4450 Impact factor: 15.040