Structure of the human obesity receptor leptin-binding domain reveals the mechanism of leptin antagonism by a monoclonal antibody.
Carpenter, B., Hemsworth, G.R., Wu, Z., Maamra, M., Strasburger, C.J., Ross, R.J., Artymiuk, P.J.(2012) Structure 20: 487-497
- PubMed: 22405007 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.01.019
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3V6O, 3VG0 - PubMed Abstract: 
Leptin regulates energy homeostasis, fertility, and the immune system, making it an important drug target. However, due to a complete lack of structural data for the obesity receptor (ObR), leptin's mechanism of receptor activation remains poorly understood ...