A hydrophobic cluster between transmembrane helices 5 and 6 constrains the thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor in an inactive conformation

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 968-978

  Colson, Anny Odile ^a   Perlman, Jeffrey H ^b   Jinsi Parimoo, Arti ^b   Nussenzveig, Daniel R ^b   Osman, Roman ^a   Gershengorn, Marvin C ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYLALANINE; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN DERIVATIVE; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

EID: 0032407855     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.54.6.968     Document Type: Article

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