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Receptor Quaternary Organization Explains G Protein-Coupled Receptor Family Structure.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Felce, James H 
Latty, Sarah L 
Knox, Rachel G 
Mattick, Susan R 
Lui, Yuan 

Abstract

The organization of Rhodopsin-family G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) at the cell surface is controversial. Support both for and against the existence of dimers has been obtained in studies of mostly individual receptors. Here, we use a large-scale comparative study to examine the stoichiometric signatures of 60 receptors expressed by a single human cell line. Using bioluminescence resonance energy transfer- and single-molecule microscopy-based assays, we found that a relatively small fraction of Rhodopsin-family GPCRs behaved as dimers and that these receptors otherwise appear to be monomeric. Overall, the analysis predicted that fewer than 20% of ∼700 Rhodopsin-family receptors form dimers. The clustered distribution of the dimers in our sample and a striking correlation between receptor organization and GPCR family size that we also uncover each suggest that receptor stoichiometry might have profoundly influenced GPCR expansion and diversification.

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Keywords

BRET, G protein-coupled receptors, evolution, single-molecule imaging, stoichiometry, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Protein Multimerization, Protein Structure, Quaternary, Protein Structure, Secondary, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Rhodopsin

Journal Title

Cell Rep

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Journal ISSN

2211-1247
2211-1247

Volume Title

20

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M003663/1)
The Royal Society (uf120277)
Medical Research Council (G0901545)
Wellcome Trust (via University of Oxford) (207547/Z/17/Z)