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DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY
Volume 25, Issue 11, Pages 1944-1956Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2020.08.006
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- Innovate UK [133487]
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G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) drug research is presently hindered by the technical challenges associated with generating purified receptors. Consequently, the application of critical modern discovery technologies has been limited, and the vast untapped opportunity for new GPCR-directed medicines is not being realised. A simple but transformative solution is to purify receptors without removing them from their native phospholipid environment by using polymer lipid particle (PoLiPa) technology, with reagents such as styrene-maleic acid co-polymer (SMA). Compared with contemporary detergent-based and stabilising mutagenesis methods, the PoLiPa approach is simple and generic and, therefore, offers huge advantages, with the potential to revolutionise GPCR research by facilitating the availability of the purified receptors that are required for structural biology, biophysical, and panning technologies.
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