Structure, function and regulation of the melanocortin receptors

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 660, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-130

  Yang, Yingkui ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric binding; GPCR; Melanocortin receptor; Orthosteric binding

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955933804     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.12.020     Document Type: Review

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