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=== ECL2 === | === ECL2 === | ||
hGPR40 contains a highly conserved hairpin loop. This extracellular loop (<scene name='72/721541/Ecl2/3'>ECL2</scene>) is the longest and most divergent of the extracellular loops found in proteins. The loop is accompanied by a [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Chemical_Bonding/_Disulfide_bonds disulfide bond] (<scene name='72/721541/Cysteine_bridge/3'>Cys79 and Cys170</scene>) that forms between transmembrane helix 4 and the C-terminus of the ECL2 loop. In hGPR40, ECL2 has two sections: a beta sheet and an auxiliary loop. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_sheet beta sheet] | hGPR40 contains a highly conserved hairpin loop. This extracellular loop (<scene name='72/721541/Ecl2/3'>ECL2</scene>) is the longest and most divergent of the extracellular loops found in proteins. The loop is accompanied by a [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Chemical_Bonding/_Disulfide_bonds disulfide bond] (<scene name='72/721541/Cysteine_bridge/3'>Cys79 and Cys170</scene>) that forms between transmembrane helix 4 and the C-terminus of the ECL2 loop. In hGPR40, ECL2 has two sections: a <FONT COLOR="#00FFFF">beta sheet</FONT> and an auxiliary loop. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_sheet beta sheet] spans helices 4 and 5 and is shorter in hGPR40 than in other GPCRs. The ECL2 of hGPR40 also differs from that of other proteins because it contains an <FONT COLOR="#FF00FF">auxiliary loop</FONT> of 13 extra residues. The entire extracellular loop has low mobility and flexibility which allows it to act as a cap for the binding pocket. The only exception to the low flexibility is the tip of the auxiliary loop, which corresponds to residues Asp152-Asn155. This area of greater mobility allows for substrates to enter the binding site.<ref name="Srivastava"/> | ||
== Function == | == Function == | ||