Cryo-EM structure of the adenosine A2A receptor coupled to an engineered heterotrimeric G protein

eLife

Volumn 7, Issue , 2018, Pages

  García Nafría, Javier ^a   Lee, Yang ^a   Bai, Xiaochen ^a,b   Carpenter, Byron ^a,c   Tate, Christopher G ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; THIOREDOXIN; ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; LIGAND BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE-5'-(N-ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A;

EID: 85049245165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.35946.001     Document Type: Article

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