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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Structure and Dynamics of GPCRs in Lipid Membranes: Physical Principles and Experimental Approaches.

Andrew J Y Jones, Florian Gabriel, Aditi Tandale, Daniel Nietlispach

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Thermosensory Roles of G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Other Cellular Factors in Animals.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  19. G Protein-Coupled Receptor Dimerization-What Next?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  20. Membrane Mimetic-Dependence of GPCR Energy Landscapes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew J Y JonesDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Florian GabrielDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Aditi TandaleDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Daniel NietlispachDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4364-9291
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K01983X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S015892/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade, the vast amount of information generated through structural and biophysical studies of GPCRs has provided unprecedented mechanistic insight into the complex signalling behaviour of these receptors. With this recent information surge, it has also become increasingly apparent that in order to reproduce the various effects that lipids and membranes exert on the biological function for these allosteric receptors, in vitro studies of GPCRs need to be conducted under conditions that adequately approximate the native lipid bilayer environment. In the first part of this review, we assess some of the more general effects that a membrane environment exerts on lipid bilayer-embedded proteins such as GPCRs. This is then followed by the consideration of more specific effects, including stoichiometric interactions with specific lipid subtypes. In the final section, we survey a range of different membrane mimetics that are currently used for in vitro studies, with a focus on NMR applications.

Indexed as

BiomimeticsHumansLipid BilayersMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMembrane LipidsMolecular StructurePhysical PhenomenaReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionLipid BilayersMembrane LipidsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledGPCRlipidsmembrane mimeticsNMR

Identifiers

PMID33076366
PMCPMC7587580
OpenAlexW3092835062

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