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G protein-coupled receptors represent the largest family of membrane receptors1 that instigate signalling through nucleotide exchange on heterotrimeric G proteins. Nucleotide exchange, or more precisely, GDP dissociation from the G protein
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We thank J.J.G. Tesmer and G. Skiniotis for discussions. This work was supported by an American Lung Association senior research training fellowship (RT-166882-N, to K.Y.C.), the Lundbeck Foundation (a junior group leader fellowship, to S.G.F.R.), a National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) molecular biophysics training grant (GM008270, to B.T.D), a National Institute of Neural Disorders and Stroke grant (NS28471, to B.K.K.), a NHLBI grant (HL071078, to B.K.K.), the Mather Charitable Foundation (B.K.K.), NIGMS grants GM083118 (to B.K.K. and R.K.S.) and GM068603 (to R.K.S.), a Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center grant, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P60DK-20572, to R.K.S.), the University of Michigan Biological Sciences Scholars Program (R.K.S.), and by the NIH (grants AI076961, AI081982, AI2008031, CA118595, GM20501, GM066170, GM093325 and RR029388 (to V.L.W.)).
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K.Y.C. prepared nucleotide-treated samples for DXMS, performed hydrogen–deuterium exchange of prepared samples, analysed mass spectrometry data, and performed cross-linking studies. S.G.F.R. performed the final stages of
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Chung, K., Rasmussen, S., Liu, T. et al. Conformational changes in the G protein Gs induced by the
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