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Comment
. 2013 May 3;340(6132):562-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.1238521.

Biochemistry. As good as chocolate

Krzysztof Palczewski  1 , Philip D Kiser
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Biochemistry. As good as chocolate

Krzysztof Palczewski et al. Science. .
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Uncovering bias in serotonin receptor signaling
(A) Natural (serotonin/5-HT) and synthetic (ergotamine and LSD) serotonin receptor ligands have a common indole amine structure (blue) at their core. (B) Crystallographic structures of the human 5-HT1B (left) and 5-HT2B (right) receptors in a complex with ergotamine (orange). The BRIL fusion protein used to facilitate crystallization is shown as a white surface. (C) Ergotamine stabilizes distinct conformations in the two 5-HT receptors, providing a structural explanation for the biochemically observed phenomenon of biased signaling.
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