The Nucleotide-Free State of the Cannabinoid CB2/Gi Complex.

Cell

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA. Electronic address:

Published: February 2020

In this issue of Cell, two papers report agonist-bound cryo-EM structures of the cannabinoid receptor, CB2, in complex with Gi. Importantly, beyond providing information that could help distinguish CB2 ligand binding from CB1, these structures support the existence of a nucleotide-free state during G-protein signaling.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.01.034DOI Listing

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