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  • Title: Aspartate-474 in the first exoplasmic loop of the thyrotropin receptor is crucial for receptor activation.
    Author: Kosugi S, Matsuda A, Hai N, Aoki N, Sugawa H, Mori T.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 1997 Apr 07; 406(1-2):139-41. PubMed ID: 9109404.
    Abstract:
    Asp-474 in the first exoplasmic loop of the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR), which is conserved among all glycoprotein hormone receptors, was mutated to Glu which is similarly charged but is longer by one methylene group and expressed in Cos-7 cells. Cells expressing this mutant receptor showed markedly impaired TSH- and TSAb (thyroid stimulating antibody)-stimulated cAMP responses with no effect on TSH binding affinity when compared with cells expressing a similar number of wild-type receptors. These results suggest the importance of Asp-474 in TSHR in receptor activation as demonstrated for LHR (lutropin receptor), but this, unlike LHR, is not due to the electrostatic interaction of this Asp residue with the alpha-subunit Lys-91 of the hormone.
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