Generic GPCR residue numbers - aligning topology maps while minding the gaps

Vignir Isberg, Chris de Graaf, Andrea Bortolato, Vadim Cherezov, Vsevolod Katritch, Fiona H Marshall, Stefan Mordalski, Jean-Philippe Pin, Raymond C Stevens, Gerrit Vriend, David E Gloriam

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Abstract

Generic residue numbers facilitate comparisons of, for example, mutational effects, ligand interactions, and structural motifs. The numbering scheme by Ballesteros and Weinstein for residues within the class A GPCRs (G protein-coupled receptors) has more than 1100 citations, and the recent crystal structures for classes B, C, and F now call for a community consensus in residue numbering within and across these classes. Furthermore, the structural era has uncovered helix bulges and constrictions that offset the generic residue numbers. The use of generic residue numbers depends on convenient access by pharmacologists, chemists, and structural biologists. We review the generic residue numbering schemes for each GPCR class, as well as a complementary structure-based scheme, and provide illustrative examples and GPCR database (GPCRDB) web tools to number any receptor sequence or structure.

Original languageEnglish
JournalTrends in Pharmacological Sciences
Volume36
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)22-31
Number of pages10
ISSN0165-6147
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015

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