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Overview

David R. Poyner is affiliated with Aston University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Neuroscience. Within these domains, their subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Much of the research conducted by David R. Poyner explores receptor mechanisms and signaling, neuropeptides and animal physiology, lipid membrane structure and behavior, signaling pathways in disease, pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects, protein structure and dynamics, as well as hormonal regulation and hypertension.

Their frequent publication venues reflect an emphasis on biomembrane and molecular biology topics. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Nanoscale
  • Journal of Molecular Biology

David R. Poyner has collaborated extensively with several researchers, highlighting a network of frequent co-authors such as:

  • John Simms
  • Romez Uddin
  • Mark Wheatley
  • Graham Ladds
  • Stephen J. Briddon

Recent scientific publications by David R. Poyner showcase contributions in membrane protein purification, receptor dynamics, ligand binding, and GPCR studies. Selected papers include:

  • A comparison of SMA (styrene maleic acid) and DIBMA (di-isobutylene maleic acid) for membrane protein purification, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Calcitonin Receptor N-Glycosylation Enhances Peptide Hormone Affinity by Controlling Receptor Dynamics, 2020, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Single molecule binding of a ligand to a G-protein-coupled receptor in real time using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, rendered possible by nano-encapsulation in styrene maleic acid lipid particles, 2020, Nanoscale
  • Ligand-induced conformational changes in a SMALP-encapsulated GPCR., 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • CGRP, adrenomedullin and adrenomedullin 2 display endogenous GPCR agonist bias in primary human cardiovascular cells, 2021, Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XXXII. The mammalian calcitonin gene-related peptides, adrenomedullin, amylin, and calcitonin receptors.

    David R. Poyner;Patrick M. Sexton;Ian Marshall;David M. Smith

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview

    Stephen P. H. Alexander;Eamonn Kelly;Neil V. Marrion;John A. Peters

  • Lifting the lid on GPCRs: the role of extracellular loops

    M Wheatley;D Wootten;MT Conner;J Simms

  • Update on the pharmacology of calcitonin/CGRP family of peptides: IUPHAR Review 25

    Debbie L Hay;Michael L Garelja;David R Poyner;Christopher S Walker

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide: Multiple actions, multiple receptors

    David R. Poyner

  • GPCR modulation by RAMPs

    Debbie L. Hay;David R. Poyner;Patrick M. Sexton

  • G-protein coupled receptor solubilization and purification for biophysical analysis and functional studies, in the total absence of detergent

    Mohammed Jamshad;Jack Charlton;Yu-Pin Lin;Sarah J Routledge

  • Pharmacological discrimination of calcitonin receptor - receptor activity modifying protein complexes

    Debbie L Hay;George Christopoulos;Arthur Christopoulos;David R Poyner

  • Propylbenzilylcholine mustard labels an acidic residue in transmembrane helix 3 of the muscarinic receptor.

    C A M Curtis;M Wheatley;S Bansal;N J M Birdsall

  • Inhibition of iron-catalysed hydroxyl radical formation by inositol polyphosphates: a possible physiological function for myo-inositol hexakisphosphate.

    Phillip T. Hawkins;David R. Poyner;T.R. Jackson;A.J. Letcher

  • CL/RAMP2 and CL/RAMP3 produce pharmacologically distinct adrenomedullin receptors: a comparison of effects of adrenomedullin22-52, CGRP8-37 and BIBN4096BS.

    Debbie L. Hay;Debbie L. Hay;Stephen G. Howitt;Alex C. Conner;Marcus Schindler

  • Regulation of signal transduction by calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors

    Christopher S Walker;Alex C Conner;David R Poyner;Debbie L Hay

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: overview

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda;Adam J. Pawson

  • Pharmacology of receptors for calcitonin gene-related peptide and amylin

    D Poyner

  • The pharmacology of adrenomedullin 2/intermedin.

    Yanguo Hong;Yanguo Hong;Debbie L Hay;Remi Quirion;David R Poyner

  • myo-inositol pentakisphosphates. Structure, biological occurrence and phosphorylation to myo-inositol hexakisphosphate.

    L.R. Stephens;Phillip T. Hawkins;Alison F. Stanley;T. Moore

  • Surfactant-free purification of membrane proteins with intact native membrane environment

    Mohammed Jamshad;Yu Pin Lin;Timothy J. Knowles;Rosemary A. Parslow

  • Structural Basis for Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein-Dependent Selective Peptide Recognition by a G Protein-Coupled Receptor.

    Jason M. Booe;Christopher S. Walker;James Barwell;Gabriel Kuteyi

  • Pharmacological characterization of a receptor for calcitonin gene-related peptide on rat, L6 myocytes.

    David R. Poyner;David P. Andrew;Derek Brown;Christopher Bose

  • International Union of Pharmacology. LXIX. Status of the calcitonin gene-related peptide subtype 2 receptor.

    Debbie L. Hay;David R. Poyner;Remi Quirion

Frequent Co-Authors

Debbie L. Hay
Debbie L. Hay University of Otago
Nigel J.M. Birdsall
Nigel J.M. Birdsall The Francis Crick Institute
Roslyn M. Bill
Roslyn M. Bill Aston University
Patrick M. Sexton
Patrick M. Sexton Monash University
Phillip T. Hawkins
Phillip T. Hawkins Babraham Institute
Timothy R. Dafforn
Timothy R. Dafforn University of Birmingham
Ülo Langel
Ülo Langel Stockholm University
Denise Wootten
Denise Wootten Monash University
Peter A. Lambert
Peter A. Lambert Aston University
Stephen J. Hill
Stephen J. Hill University of Nottingham

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