Qian He, Qingning Yuan, Hong Shan, Canrong Wu, Yimin Gu, Kai Wu, Wen Hu, Yumu Zhang, Xinheng He, H Eric Xu, Li-Hua Zhao
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Abstract
Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a cyclic neuropeptide that regulates food intake, energy balance, and other physiological functions by stimulating MCHR1 and MCHR2 receptors, both of which are class A G protein-coupled receptors. MCHR1 predominately couples to inhibitory G protein, Gi/o, and MCHR2 can only couple to Gq/11. Here we present cryo-electron microscopy structures of MCH-activated MCHR1 with Gi and MCH-activated MCHR2 with Gq at the global resolutions of 3.01 Å and 2.40 Å, respectively. These structures reveal that MCH adopts a consistent cysteine-mediated hairpin loop configuration when bound to both receptors. A central arginine from the LGRVY core motif between the two cysteines of MCH penetrates deeply into the transmembrane pocket, triggering receptor activation. Integrated with mutational and functional insights, our findings elucidate the molecular underpinnings of ligand recognition and MCH receptor activation and offer a structural foundation for targeted drug design.
Cell DiscoveryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Molecular Biology
CiteScore
24.20
自引率
0.60%
发文量
120
审稿时长
20 weeks
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