Chimaeric G alpha proteins: their potential use in drug discovery |
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Authors: | Milligan G Rees S |
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Affiliation: | University of Glasgow, UK. |
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Abstract: | Approaches that allow ligand occupancy of a wide range of G protein-coupled receptors to be converted into robust assays amenable to relatively high-throughput analysis are ideal for screening for novel ligands at this class of receptor. Many attempts have been made to design universal ligand-screening systems such that any GPCR can be screened using a common assay end-point. Manipulation of the G protein within the assay system offers the possibility of achieving this. To better understand the domains involved in the interactions between G protein-coupled receptors, G proteins and effector polypeptides and the fine details of these contacts, a wide range of chimaeric G protein alpha subunits have been produced. Graeme Milligan and Stephen Rees discuss the information generated by such studies and the ways in which such chimaeric G proteins can be integrated into assay systems for drug discovery. |
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