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Identifizierung der Rezeptorinteraktion von RF-amid-Peptiden auf molekularer Ebene

Fachliche Zuordnung Biochemie
Förderung Förderung von 2007 bis 2015
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 52261075
 
Erstellungsjahr 2016

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

The aim of the project was to investigate the role of the conserved residue Asp/Glu 6.59 in RF-amide receptors that we previously had identified for the neuropeptide Y system. We aimed to study this by ligand variations as well as receptor mutagenesis in combination with advanced molecular modelling in collaboration with Vanderbilt University (J. Meiler). The data were convincing and clearly supported our hypothesis of the role of the conserved residue Asp/Glu 6.59. Furthermore, we could analyze the binding mode of known and new antagonists of the RF-amide receptor system and compare it with antagonists for Y1 that also display antagonistic properties for the NPFF-system. As some money was left we investigated the last aspect, whether Y2-receptors share the same binding site for antagonists, and clearly can positively answer this question as demonstrated in our latest and just accepted publication. Accordingly, we identified a common structure of the antagonist binding for Y- and RF-amide receptors that play an important role in energy homeostasis, regeneration and tumor.

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