Melanocortin Receptor Accessory Proteins (MRAPs): Functions in the melanocortin system and beyond
| Autor: | Terry C. Yin, Julien A. Sebag, Alix A. J. Rouault, Abigail A. Lee, Dinesh K. Srinivasan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Protein Conformation Biology Receptors G-Protein-Coupled 03 medical and health sciences Melanocortin receptor Adrenal Glands Animals Humans Glucose homeostasis ACTH receptor Amino Acid Sequence Protein Interaction Maps Receptor Molecular Biology Adaptor Proteins Signal Transducing G protein-coupled receptor Receptor activity-modifying protein Receptors Melanocortin Melanocortin 3 receptor Melanocortins Glucose 030104 developmental biology Biochemistry Molecular Medicine Melanocortin Carrier Proteins Energy Metabolism Sequence Alignment |
| Zdroj: | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1863:2462-2467 |
| ISSN: | 0925-4439 |
| Popis: | G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are regulated by numerous proteins including kinases, G-proteins, β-arrestins and accessory proteins. Several families of GPCR accessory proteins like Receptor Activity Modifying Proteins, Receptor Transporting Proteins and Melanocortin Receptor Accessory Proteins (MRAPs) have been identified as regulator of receptor trafficking, signaling and ligand specificity. The MRAP family contains two members, MRAP1 and MRAP2, responsible for the formation of a functional ACTH receptor and for the regulation of energy homeostasis respectively. Like all known GPCR accessory proteins, MRAPs are single transmembrane proteins, however, they form a unique structure since they assemble as an anti-parallel homodimer. Moreover, the accepted idea that MRAPs are specific regulators of melanocortin receptors was recently challenged by the discovery that MRAP2 inhibits the activity of prokineticin receptors. Recent studies are starting to explain the role of the unusual structure of MRAPs and to illustrate the importance of MRAP2 for the maintenance of both energy and glucose homeostasis. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Melanocortin Receptors - edited by Ya-Xiong Tao. |
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