Agonist-dependent desensitization and internalization of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) are mediated by the binding of arrestins to phosphorylated receptors. The affinity of arrestins for the phosphorylated GPCR regulates the ability of the internalized receptor to be dephosphorylated and recycled back to the plasma membrane. In this study, we show that the naturally occurring loss of funct...

A new class of instruments offers an unprecedented combination of label-free detection with exquisite sensitivity to live-cell responses. These instruments can quantify G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling through G(s), G(i) and G(q) pathways and in some cases distinguish G-protein coupling, with sensitivity high enough to detect endogenous receptors. Here, we review emerging data evalua...

The importance of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) kinases (GRKs) as regulators of GPCR signaling has been widely recognized. In humans, GRKs constitute a family of seven protein kinases involved in the phosphorylation and desensitization of agonist-activated GPCRs in many physiological processes. The GPCR desensitization process is initiated by GRKs, but involves several subsequent steps incl...

GPCRs regulate all aspects of human physiology, and biophysical studies have deepened our understanding of GPCR conformational regulation by different ligands. Yet there is no experimental evidence for how sidechain dynamics control allosteric transitions between GPCR conformations. To address this deficit, we generated samples of a wild-type GPCR (A2AR) that are deuterated apart from 1H/13C NM...

The existence of a supramolecular organization of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) is now being widely accepted by the scientific community. Indeed, GPCR oligomers may enhance the diversity and performance by which extracellular signals are transferred to the G proteins in the process of receptor transduction, although the mechanism that underlies this phenomenon still remains unsolved. Re...

Numerous members of the human G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily are receptors therapeutic interest. GPCRs considered to be highly tractable for drug discovery, representing targets approximately one-third currently licensed drugs. These successful discovery outcomes cover only a relatively small subset superfamily, however, and many other attractive have proven present significant c...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are ubiquitous mediators of signaling of hormones, neurotransmitters, and sensing. The old dogma is that a one ligand/one receptor complex constitutes the functional unit of GPCR signaling. However, there is mounting evidence that some GPCRs form dimers or oligomers during their biosynthesis, activation, inactivation, and/or internalization. This evidence has...