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 == Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
-A unique aspect of arrestin-3 is its ability to support both receptor-dependent and receptor-independent signaling. Here, we show that inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) is a non-receptor activator of arrestin-3 and report the structure of IP6-activated arrestin-3 at 2.4-A resolution. IP6-activated arrestin-3 exhibits an inter-domain twist and a displaced C-tail, hallmarks of active arrestin. IP6 binds to the arrestin phosphate sensor, and is stabilized by trimerization. Analysis of the trimerization surface, which is also the receptor-binding surface, suggests a feature called the finger loop as a key region of the activation sensor. We show that finger loop helicity and flexibility may underlie coupling to hundreds of diverse receptors and also promote arrestin-3 activation by IP6. Importantly, we show that effector-binding sites on arrestins have distinct conformations in the basal and activated states, acting as switch regions. These switch regions may work with the inter-domain twist to initiate and direct arrestin-mediated signaling.
+Type A gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors (GABAARs) are inhibitory pentameric ligand-gated ion channels in the brain. Many anesthetics and neurosteroids act through binding to the GABAAR transmembrane domain (TMD), but the structural basis of their actions is not well understood and no resting-state GABAAR structure has been determined. Here, we report crystal structures of apo and the neurosteroid anesthetic alphaxalone-bound desensitized chimeric alpha1GABAAR (ELIC-alpha1GABAAR). The chimera retains the functional and pharmacological properties of GABAARs, including potentiation, activation and desensitization by alphaxalone. The apo-state structure reveals an unconventional activation gate at the intracellular end of the pore. The desensitized structure illustrates molecular determinants for alphaxalone binding to an inter-subunit TMD site. These structures suggest a plausible signaling pathway from alphaxalone binding at the bottom of the TMD to the channel gate in the pore-lining TM2 through the TM1-TM2 linker. The study provides a framework to discover new GABAAR modulators with therapeutic potential.
-Structural basis of arrestin-3 activation and signaling.,Chen Q, Perry NA, Vishnivetskiy SA, Berndt S, Gilbert NC, Zhuo Y, Singh PK, Tholen J, Ohi MD, Gurevich EV, Brautigam CA, Klug CS, Gurevich VV, Iverson TM Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 10;8(1):1427. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01218-8. PMID:29127291<ref>PMID:29127291</ref>
+Structural basis of neurosteroid anesthetic action on GABAA receptors.,Chen Q, Wells MM, Arjunan P, Tillman TS, Cohen AE, Xu Y, Tang P Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 28;9(1):3972. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06361-4. PMID:30266951<ref>PMID:30266951</ref>
 From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>