Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptor (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptor

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The beta-2 adrenergic receptor (green) spans the cell membrane (orange and blue). In this visualization, a binding pocket in the receptor interacts with a beta-blocker (red, gray and blue molecule near the center). The new study found that amyloid-beta, a protein fragment linked to the detrimental effects of Alzheimer's disease, binds to a different region on the beta-2 adrenergic receptor.

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