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Isolation of the Endothelin B Receptor from Bovine Lung Structure, Signal Sequence, and Binding Site
1995
Bovine lung endothelin-B receptor has been isolated in good yield with a new procedure involving the use of endothelin-1 coupled to iminobiotin with a long spacer and avidin-agarose affinity chromatography. Contrary to previous reports, evidence has been obtained that the native form of this receptor corresponds to the full-length transcript expected on the basis of cDNA clones. The binding of endothelin to a variety of shortened fragments of the full receptor suggests that the long N-terminal sequence of this receptor has very little influence on the binding of endothelin and that the main determinants of the endothelin binding site might be constituted by residues in the sixth, and possib…
Immunological Probes for the Bradykinin B2 Receptor. A Toolbox
1997
Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of the immunological tools for bradykinin (BK) B 2 receptor. Receptors for kinins are classified as two major subtypes, B 1 and B 2 , although other subtypes may exist. B 1 receptors are activated by carboxyterminally truncated kinins, whereas BK and kallidin (Lys-BK) are B 2 receptor agonists. Molecular cloning has revealed the primary structures of B 1 and B 2 receptors and identified them as members of the G protein-coupled receptor family, characterized by seven membrane-spanning α-helices. In some tissues, B 1 receptor expression is induced by cytokines, such as interleukin-1, whereas the B 2 receptor is thought to be expressed consti…