The Molecular Control of Calcitonin Receptor Signaling.

ABSTRACT: The calcitonin receptor (CTR) is a class B G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that responds to the peptide hormone calcitonin (CT). CTs are clinically approved for the treatment of bone diseases. We previously reported a 4.1 Å structure of the activated CTR bound to salmon CT (sCT) and heterotrimeric Gs protein by cryo-electron microscopy (Liang, Y.-L., et al. Phase-plate cryo- EM structure of a class B GPCR-G protein complex. Nature 2017, 546, 118-123). In the current study, we have reprocessed the electron micrographs to yield a 3.3 Å map of the complex. This has allowed us to model extracellular loops (ECLs) 2 and 3, and the peptide N-terminus that previously could not be resolved. We have also performed alanine scanning mutagenesis of ECL1 and the upper segme

SUBMITTER: Dal Maso E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7088896 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature