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GPCR–G protein preassembly?

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The extent to which ligand-free GPCRs exist in quasi-stable 'precoupled' complexes with G proteins in vivo is uncertain. New research, using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), reveals a structural requirement for and functional consequences of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor–Gq protein preassembly.

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Figure 1: Using FRAP to monitor GPCR–G protein preassembly.

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  1. R.A. John Challiss is in the Department of Cell Physiology & Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences & Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.,

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  2. Jürgen Wess is in the Molecular Signaling Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institutes of Health–National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,

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Challiss, R., Wess, J. GPCR–G protein preassembly?. Nat Chem Biol 7, 657–658 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.665

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