Molecular Mechanisms of Ligand Interaction with the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor
Stuart C. Sealfon,
Harel Weinstein and
Robert P. Millar
Fishberg Research Center in Neurobiology (S.C.S.), Departments of
Neurology (S.C.S.), Physiology and Biophysics (H.W.), and Pharmacology
(H. W.), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029; and
Medical Research Council Regulatory Peptides Unit (R.P.M.), Departments
of Chemical Pathology (R.P.M.) and Medicine (R.P.M.), University of
Cape Town Medical School, Observatory 7925, South Africa
I. Introduction
II. Amino Acid Sequences of GnRH Receptors
A. GnRH receptor cDNAs
B. General structural features
C.Covalent modifications
D. Gene structure
III. Structure-ActivityRelations of GnRH Peptides
A. Overview
B. Comparative structuresand activities of vertebrate GnRHs
C. Roles of individualamino acids in GnRH activity at the mammalian
receptor
D.Conclusions from peptide structure-activity data
IV. Structureand Conformation of GnRH and Its Analogs
A. Early studiesof GnRH conformation
B. Integrated computational and experimentalstudies
C. Exploration of the entire conformation space ofGnRH analogs
V. Functional Structure of the Receptor and Ligand-ReceptorComplex
A. Extracellular domains
B. Helix domains
C. Intracellularloop domains
D. Computational modeling of three-dimensionalreceptor structure
VI. Conclusions
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