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Crystallizing thinking about the beta2-adrenergic receptor.

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Shukla, AK; Sun, J-P; Lefkowitz, RJ
Published in: Mol Pharmacol
May 2008

Two recently determined crystal structures of the human beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) provide a long-awaited advance in the field of G protein-coupled receptor research. The beta2AR is only the second member of this, the largest family of receptors encoded in the human genome, whose structure has been solved. It follows structures of rhodopsin that were determined previously. Here we set these developments in historical context, discuss the daunting challenges that have been overcome, and appraise what has and has not been learned.

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Mol Pharmacol

DOI

EISSN

1521-0111

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

73

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1333 / 1338

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Structural Homology, Protein
  • Rhodopsin
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Protein Conformation
  • Propanolamines
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Humans
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Carvedilol
 

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Shukla, A. K., Sun, J.-P., & Lefkowitz, R. J. (2008). Crystallizing thinking about the beta2-adrenergic receptor. Mol Pharmacol, 73(5), 1333–1338. https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.108.045849
Shukla, Arun K., Jin-Peng Sun, and Robert J. Lefkowitz. “Crystallizing thinking about the beta2-adrenergic receptor.Mol Pharmacol 73, no. 5 (May 2008): 1333–38. https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.108.045849.
Shukla AK, Sun J-P, Lefkowitz RJ. Crystallizing thinking about the beta2-adrenergic receptor. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 May;73(5):1333–8.
Shukla, Arun K., et al. “Crystallizing thinking about the beta2-adrenergic receptor.Mol Pharmacol, vol. 73, no. 5, May 2008, pp. 1333–38. Pubmed, doi:10.1124/mol.108.045849.
Shukla AK, Sun J-P, Lefkowitz RJ. Crystallizing thinking about the beta2-adrenergic receptor. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 May;73(5):1333–1338.
Journal cover image

Published In

Mol Pharmacol

DOI

EISSN

1521-0111

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

73

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1333 / 1338

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Structural Homology, Protein
  • Rhodopsin
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Protein Conformation
  • Propanolamines
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Humans
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Carvedilol