Endocrine Abstracts

The classical model of GPCR activation entails the binding of a single ligand to a single receptor molecule, followed by transmembrane signal transduction to the appropriate G protein(s). The possibility of GPCRs functioning as dimers or oligomers still remains controversial, and is largely based on in vitro studies on transfected cells. The glycoprotein hormone receptors, including that of LH (LHCGR), differ from most GPCRs by their large extracellular ligand-binding...