title: The beta-adrenoceptor-adenylate cyclase complex. From model to biochemical reality.
abstract: Developments in the receptor concept have greatly influenced our current knowledge of the beta-adrenoceptor. The triad of pharmacology, organic chemistry and studies in structure-activity relationships is discussed along historical lines, as it has been and still is an impetus for progress in the biochemistry of ligand-receptor interactions. With respect to the beta-adrenoceptor complex these advances which have led to a model in which three protein structures are functionally interacting within the frame of the cell wall: the beta-adrenoceptor, the regulatory guanine nucleotide binding protein, and the enzyme adenylate cyclase, are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000495:Allosteric Site; D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases