Signal Transduction and Pathogenic Modifications at the Melanocortin-4 Receptor: A Structural Perspective
The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) can be endogenously activated by binding of melanocyte-stimulating hormones (MSH), which mediates anorexigenic effects. In contrast, the agouti-related peptide (AgRP) acts as an endogenous inverse agonist and suppresses ligand-independent basal signaling activity (...
Main Authors: | Nicolas Heyder, Gunnar Kleinau, Michal Szczepek, Dennis Kwiatkowski, David Speck, Lucia Soletto, José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter, Heiko Krude, Peter Kühnen, Heike Biebermann, Patrick Scheerer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2019.00515/full |
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