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Identification Of An L-Phenylalanine Binding Site Enhancing The Cooperative Responses Of The Calcium Sensing Receptor To Calcium, Chen Zhang, Yun Huang, Yusheng Jiang, Nagaraju Mulpuri, Ling Wei, Donald Hamelberg, Edward M. Brown, Jenny J. Yang

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Functional positive cooperative activation of the extracellular calcium ([Ca2+]o)-sensing receptor (CaSR), a member of the family C G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), by [Ca2+]o or amino acids elicits intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) oscillations. Here, we report the central role of predicted Ca2+-binding Site 1 within the hinge region of the extracellular domain (ECD) of CaSR and its interaction with other Ca2+-binding sites within the ECD in tuning functional positive homotropic cooperativity caused by changes in [Ca2+]o. Next, we identify an adjacent L-Phe-binding pocket that is responsible for positive heterotropic cooperativity between [Ca2+]o and L- Phe in eliciting CaSR-mediated [Ca2+]i oscillations. The hetero-communication …