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ea0026p369 | Signal transduction | ECE2011

Different and common transmembrane activation mechanisms between glycoprotein hormone receptors and other G-protein coupled receptors

Hoyer I , Kleinau G , Haas A K , Kreuchwig A , Grzesik P , Worth C L , Schuelein R , Krause G

The aim of our study is to identify signalling sensitive residue positions of the glycoprotein hormone receptors (GPHR), especially the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) on the transmembrane helices (TMH) 5 and 6, knowing to be involved in GPCR activation. We performed modelling driven site-directed mutagenesis to pinpoint residues that are responsible for stabilization of active and inactive conformations of the TSHR.We highlight two amino acids that are high...