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Table 4 Comparison of the sequences defining the transmembrane helices of pairs of models for bovine rhodopsin and hGalR1. The models of bovine rhodopsin and hGalR1 built using the group A sequences onto the Baldwin template give the lipid-corrected compatibility scores of 107.76 and 110.0, respectively. According to the REPIMPS method these are the best models for bovine rhodopsin and hGalR1 among 78,125 models built for each of these GPCRs. Group B sequences are those derived from alignment of sequences of 493 GPCRs proposed by Baldwin et al. [3]. The lipid-corrected compatibility score for bovine rhodopsin and hGalR1 modelled using group B sequences were 85.6 and 89.8, respectively.

From: Modelling the structures of G protein-coupled receptors aided by three-dimensional validation

Helix

Alignment

Sequences for bovine rhodopsin

Sequences for hGalR1

I

A

37 FSML AAYMFLLIMLGFPINFLT LYVTV 63

    35VTLV VFGLIFALGVLGNSLVIT VLARS61

 

B

38 SMLA AYMFLLIMLGFPINFLTL YVTVQ 64

34 FVTL VVFGLIFALGVLGNSLVI TVLAR 60

II

A

    70TPLNY ILLNLAVADLFMVFGGFT TTLY96

67 RSTTN LFILNLSIADLAYLLFCI PFQA 93

 

B

69 RTPLN YILLNLAVADLFMVFGGF TTTL 95

67 RSTTN LFILNLSIADLAYLLFCI PFQA 93

III

A

106 GPTGCNL EGFFATLGGEIALWSLVV LAIERYVVVC 140

106 FICKFIH YFFTVSMLVSIFTLAAMS VDRYVAIVHS 140

 

B

         108TGCNLEG FFATLGGEIALWSLVVLA IERYVVVCKP142

106 FICKFIH YFFTVSMLVSIFTLAAMS VDRYVAIVHS 140

IV

A

    152HAIMG VAFTWVMALACAAPPL VGWS176

148 VSRNA LLGVGCIWALSIAMAS PVAY 172

 

B

151 NHAIM GVAFTWVMALACAAPP LVGW 175

         150RNALL GVGCIWALSIAMASPV AYHQ174

V

A

202 SFV IYMFVVHFIIPLIVIFFC YGQLVFTVK 231

199 AYV VCTFVFGYLLPLLLICFC YAKVLNHLH 228

 

B

      204VIY MFVVHFIIPLIVIFFCYG QLVFTVKEA233

       201VVC TFVFGYLLPLLLICFCYA KVLNHLHKK230

VI

A

      247EKEVTRMVIIM VIAFLICWLPYAGVAF YIF276

240 ASKKKTAQTV LVVVVVFGISWLPHHII HLW 269

 

B

245 KAEKEVTRMVI IMVIAFLICWLPYAGV AFY 274

240 ASKKKTAQTV LVVVVVFGISWLPHHII HLW 269

VII

A

286 IFMT IPAFFAKTSAVYNPVI YIMM 309

284 FRIT AHCLAYSNSSVNPIIY AFLS 307

 

B

      288MTIP AFFAKTSAVYNPVIYI MMNK311

    285RITA HCLAYSNSSVNPIIYA FLSE308

  1. Residues in bold and italic are helical extracellular and intracellular residues, respectively. Underlined residues are exposed to lipid molecules. In order to calculate total compatibility scores for the whole model, lipid-based environment correction using REPIMPS was applied just to the intramembranous residues.