bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.27.401117; this version posted November 27, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Title: Structural basis of the activation of the CC chemokine receptor 5 by a chemokine agonist One-sentence summary: The structure of CCR5 in complex with the chemokine agonist [6P4]CCL5 and the heterotrimeric Gi protein reveals its activation mechanism Authors: Polina Isaikina1, Ching-Ju Tsai2, Nikolaus Dietz1, Filip Pamula2,3, Anne Grahl1, Kenneth N. Goldie4, Ramon Guixà-González2, Gebhard F.X. Schertler2,3,*, Oliver Hartley5,*, 4 1,* 2,* 1,* Henning Stahlberg , Timm Maier , Xavier Deupi , and Stephan Grzesiek Affiliations: 1 Focal Area Structural Biology and Biophysics, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 2 Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland 3 Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland 4 Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland 5 Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva *Address correspondence to: Stephan Grzesiek Focal Area Structural Biology and Biophysics, Biozentrum University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Phone: ++41 61 267 2100 FAX: ++41 61 267 2109 Email:
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[email protected] Keywords: G protein coupled receptor (GPCR); CCR5; chemokines; CCL5/RANTES; CCR5- gp120 interaction; maraviroc; HIV entry; AIDS; membrane protein structure; cryo-EM; GPCR activation.