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Abstract
A revolution in the analysis of seven transmembrane domain (7TM) receptors has provided detailed information about how these physiologically important signalling proteins interact with extracellular cues. However, it has proved much more challenging to understand how 7TM receptors convey information to their principal intracellular targets: heterotrimeric G proteins, G protein-coupled receptor kinases and arrestins. Recent structures now suggest a common mechanism that enables these structurally diverse cytoplasmic proteins to 'hitch a ride' on hundreds of different activated 7TM receptors in order to instigate physiological change.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27093944 PMCID: PMC5503103 DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.36
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol ISSN: 1471-0072 Impact factor: 94.444