Structural insights into distinct signaling profiles of the μOR activated by diverse agonists
Q. Qu, W. Huang, D. Aydin, J. M. Paggi, A. B. Seven, H. Wang, S. Chakraborty, T. Che, J. F. DiBerto, M. J. Robertson, A. Inoue, B. L. Roth, S. Majumdar, R. O. Dror, B. K. Kobilka, G. Skiniotis
This study compares the structural and signaling differences between two μOR agonists, lofentanil and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, revealing how their distinct binding modes lead to different G protein and β-arrestin activation profiles.
bioRxiv · Dec 7, 2021 · PreprintBiophysics