Mol Pharmacol 1999 Jun 01;556:1054-9.

The amino terminus of receptor activity modifying proteins is a critical determinant of glycosylation state and ligand binding of calcitonin receptor-like receptor.

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The calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR) can function as either a receptor for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or for adrenomedullin (ADM), depending upon the coexpression of a novel family of single transmembrane proteins, which we have called receptor activity modifying proteins or RAMPs. RAMPs 1, 2, and 3 transport CRLR to the plasma membrane with similar efficiencies, however RAMP1 presents CRLR as a terminally glycosylated, mature glycoprotein and a CGRP receptor, whereas RAMPs 2 and 3 present CRLR as an immature, core glycosylated ADM receptor. Characterization of the RAMP2/CRLR and RAMP3/CRLR receptors in HEK293T cells by radioligand binding (125I-ADM as radioligand), functional assay (cAMP measurement), or biochemical analysis (SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) revealed them to be indistinguishable, even though RAMPs 2 and 3 share only 30% identity. Chimeric proteins were created with the transmembrane and cytosolic portions of RAMP1 associated with the amino terminus of RAMP2 (RAMP2/1) and vice versa (RAMP1/2). Coexpression of RAMP2/1 with CRLR formed a core glycosylated ADM receptor, whereas the RAMP1/2 chimera generated both core glycosylated and mature forms of CRLR and enabled both ADM and CGRP receptor binding. Hence, the glycosylation state of CRLR appears to correlate with its pharmacology.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: adm calca camp iappl ramp1 ramp2 ramp3