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Based on this analysis, we defined the core residues which line the <scene name='User:Anat_Levit/Sandbox_1/Pkr1_consensus/2' target='PROKR1'>PROKR1</scene> and <scene name='User:Anat_Levit/Sandbox_1/Pkr2_consensus/2' target='PROKR2'>PROKR2</scene> binding pocket (the selected residues appear in at least two of the superpositions described). The pockets of the two receptors are almost identical, except for the additional Tyr140 and Glu319 residues in PROKR2. This may partially explain the very similar affinity of the receptors to their cognate ligands.  
Based on this analysis, we defined the core residues which line the <scene name='User:Anat_Levit/Sandbox_1/Pkr1_consensus/2' target='PROKR1'>PROKR1</scene> and <scene name='User:Anat_Levit/Sandbox_1/Pkr2_consensus/2' target='PROKR2'>PROKR2</scene> binding pocket (the selected residues appear in at least two of the superpositions described). The pockets of the two receptors are almost identical, except for the additional Tyr140 and Glu319 residues in PROKR2. This high conservation may explain the very similar affinity of the receptors to their cognate ligands, and has also been observed in other subfamilies of GPCRs (such as dopamine, serotonin, histamine and the adrenergic receptors). This may probably explain the difficulty in obtaining potent subtype-selective compounds in pharmaceutical discovery programs.  
 
 
 




<applet load='PKR2_model1.pdb' size='300' frame='true' name='PROKR2' align='right' caption='Human PROKR2' SCENE='User:Anat_Levit/Sandbox_1/Pkr2_2rh1_residues/2'>
<applet load='PKR2_model1.pdb' size='300' frame='true' name='PROKR2' align='right' caption='Human PROKR2' SCENE='User:Anat_Levit/Sandbox_1/Pkr2_2rh1_residues/2'>