Tag Archives: Receptors

Two residues reprogram immunity receptors for nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

Two residues reprogram immunity receptors for nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

Bozsoki, Z. et al. Ligand-recognizing motifs in plant LysM receptors are major determinants of specificity. Science 369, 663–670 (2020). Article  CAS  PubMed  ADS  Google Scholar  Lemmon, M. A. & Schlessinger, J. Cell signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases. Cell 141, 1117–1134 (2010). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Shiu, S. H. & Bleecker, A. B. Receptor-like kinases from Arabidopsisform a …

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Multiple LDLR family members act as entry receptors for yellow fever virus

Multiple LDLR family members act as entry receptors for yellow fever virus

Pierson, T. C. & Diamond, M. S. The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses. Nat. Microbiol. 5, 796–812 (2020). Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Fishburn, A. T., Pham, O. H., Kenaston, M. W., Beesabathuni, N. S. & Shah, P. S. Let’s get physical: flavivirus-host protein-protein interactions in replication and pathogenesis. Front. Microbiol. 13, 847588 (2022). Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google …

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Mechanism of conductance control and neurosteroid binding in NMDA receptors

Mechanism of conductance control and neurosteroid binding in NMDA receptors

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AI Reveals Bitter Taste Receptors’ Hidden Role in Gut-Brain Health

AI Reveals Bitter Taste Receptors’ Hidden Role in Gut-Brain Health

Summary: Researchers used AlphaFold3, the latest AI-based protein modeling system, to predict the structures of all 25 known human bitter taste receptors (T2Rs). Compared with AlphaFold2, AF3 consistently generated more accurate structural predictions when benchmarked against experimentally determined data. The study revealed strong structural similarities in intracellular regions of T2Rs, with significant variation in extracellular regions, explaining how different receptors …

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