Serpentine receptor

Serpentine receptor

A large family of integral membrane proteins with seven transmembrane helical domains; on the extracellular surface they bind activating ligands, which induce conformational changes through to the intracellular surface, where they interact with G protein subunits. see seven transmembrane domain protein

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