Similar to other peptide-bound GLP-1R structures 13,16 , exendin-4 and oxyntomodulin adopted a continuous alpha helix, with their C-terminus bound within the ECD and their N-terminus bound deep within the TMD forming extensive interactions with residues within TM1, TM2, TM3 TM5, TM6, TM7 and ECL2 (Figs
Finally, although the field is moving rapidly toward combination therapies, there are also single drugs with multiple cellular or molecular targets of action that are under evaluation
Interestingly, GLP-1R V229A also presented with a higher tendency to segregate to cholesterol- and sphingolipid-rich flotillin-positive lipid nanodomains, or lipid rafts, in the apo-state, so that the increased clustering of GLP-1R V229A could potentially be triggered by increased mutant receptor partitioning to these lipid nanodomains
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doi: 10.1007/s00595-007-3706-2