Brian Kobilka will visit the Department of Chemistry to give his Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture as a Shaomeng Wang and Ju-Yun Li Distinguished Lecturer. The event will take place Thursday, Feb. 29, at ...

A multinational research team led by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo, RIKEN, and the University of Toronto has revealed how a tryptophan-rich allosteric communication network regulates ...

A GPS-like technique has been used to track G protein-coupled receptor movement, revealing how these essential receptors function. Although G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are crucial to the ...

Structure and the tethered activation mechanism of aGPCRs. (A) The basic structure of aGPCRs. This article highlights the critical role of mechanosensitive aGPCRs in human health and disease, setting ...

A recent study published in Engineering delves into the complex mechanisms of drug addiction, highlighting the crucial role of astrocytic G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). This research offers ...

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled receptors in living cells actually respond to activating substances. The ...