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Identifying how GLP1R signaling favors different pathways

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Abstract

Extracellular loop 3 is identified as a conformational switch controlling transducer selectivity in glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors.

  • Biased agonism may enhance incretin therapeutics.
  • The structural determinants of signaling bias are not fully understood.
  • A recent structure of the parathyroid hormone 1 receptor with beta-arrestin provides insights.
  • Understanding this switch could enable the rational design of biased agonists.

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