Funding Organization(s): National Science Foundation (NSF, China), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS), National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIH/NIDDK)
Primary Citation of Related Structures:   6NBF, 6NBH, 6NBI
PubMed Abstract: 
The parathyroid hormone receptor-1 (PTH1R) is a class B G protein-coupled receptor central to calcium homeostasis and a therapeutic target for osteoporosis and hypoparathyroidism. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of human PTH1R bound to a long-acting PTH analog and the stimulatory G protein ...
The parathyroid hormone receptor-1 (PTH1R) is a class B G protein-coupled receptor central to calcium homeostasis and a therapeutic target for osteoporosis and hypoparathyroidism. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of human PTH1R bound to a long-acting PTH analog and the stimulatory G protein. The bound peptide adopts an extended helix with its amino terminus inserted deeply into the receptor transmembrane domain (TMD), which leads to partial unwinding of the carboxyl terminus of transmembrane helix 6 and induces a sharp kink at the middle of this helix to allow the receptor to couple with G protein. In contrast to a single TMD structure state, the extracellular domain adopts multiple conformations. These results provide insights into the structural basis and dynamics of PTH binding and receptor activation.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Pathology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital and Department of Biophysics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China. eric.xu@vai.org mwwang@simm.ac.cn jpv@pitt.edu zhang_yan@zju.edu.cn.