TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking agonist binding to histamine H1 receptor activation
AU - Jongejan, Aldo
AU - Bruysters, Martijn
AU - Ballesteros, Juan A.
AU - Haaksma, Eric
AU - Bakker, Remko A.
AU - Pardo, Leonardo
AU - Leurs, Rob
N1 - Funding Information: The authors wish to thank J. Springer for sharing his experimental results. UCB Pharma and the National Institute of Mental Health (grant R01MH068655-01A1) are gratefully acknowledged for their financial support of our H1R research. We thank the European Community (LSHB-CT-2003-503337) and Ministerio de Ciencia y Technología (SAF2002-01509) for financial support.
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a large and functionally diverse family of transmembrane proteins. They are fundamental in the transfer of extracellular stimuli to intracellular signaling pathways and are among the most targeted proteins in drug discovery. The detailed molecular mechanism for agonist-induced activation of rhodopsin-like GPCRs has not yet been described. Using a combination of site-directed mutagenesis and molecular modeling, we characterized important steps in the activation of the human histamine H1 receptor. Both Ser3.36 and Asn7.45 are important links between histamine binding and previously proposed conformational changes in helices 6 and 7. Ser3.36 acts as a rotamer toggle switch that, upon agonist binding, initiates the activation of the receptor through Asn7.45. The proposed transduction involves specific residues that are conserved among rhodopsin-like GPCRs.
AB - G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a large and functionally diverse family of transmembrane proteins. They are fundamental in the transfer of extracellular stimuli to intracellular signaling pathways and are among the most targeted proteins in drug discovery. The detailed molecular mechanism for agonist-induced activation of rhodopsin-like GPCRs has not yet been described. Using a combination of site-directed mutagenesis and molecular modeling, we characterized important steps in the activation of the human histamine H1 receptor. Both Ser3.36 and Asn7.45 are important links between histamine binding and previously proposed conformational changes in helices 6 and 7. Ser3.36 acts as a rotamer toggle switch that, upon agonist binding, initiates the activation of the receptor through Asn7.45. The proposed transduction involves specific residues that are conserved among rhodopsin-like GPCRs.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio714
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio714
M3 - Article
C2 - 16408006
SN - 1552-4450
VL - 1
SP - 98
EP - 103
JO - Nature chemical biology
JF - Nature chemical biology
IS - 2
ER -