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GPCRDB

General information

URL: https://gpcrdb.org/
Full name: G Protein-coupled Receptor (GPCR) Database
Description: The GPCRdb contains data, interactive visualisation and web tools for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Year founded: 1998
Last update: 2021
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Accessible
Country/Region: Denmark

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Contact information

University/Institution: University of Copenhagen
Address: Jagtvej 162, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
City: Copenhagen
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Country/Region: Denmark
Contact name (PI/Team): David E. Gloriam
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): david.gloriam@sund.ku.dk

Publications

39558158
GPCRdb in 2025: adding odorant receptors, data mapper, structure similarity search and models of physiological ligand complexes. [PMID: 39558158]
Luis P Taracena Herrera, Søren N Andreassen, Jimmy Caroli, Ismael Rodríguez-Espigares, Ali A Kermani, György M Keserű, Albert J Kooistra, Gáspár Pándy-Szekeres, David E Gloriam

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane-spanning transducers mediating the actions of numerous physiological ligands and drugs. The GPCR database GPCRdb supports a large global research community with reference data, analysis, visualization, experiment design and dissemination. Here, we describe our sixth major GPCRdb release starting with an overview of all resources for receptors and ligands. As a major addition, all ∼400 human odorant receptors and their orthologs in major model organisms can now be studied across the various data and tool resources. For the first time, a Data mapper page enables users to map their own data onto receptors visualized as a GPCRome wheel, tree, clusters, list or heatmap. The structure model data have been expanded with models of physiological ligand complexes and updated with new state-specific structure models of all human GPCRs (built using AlphaFold, RoseTTAFold and AlphaFold-Multistate). Furthermore, a structure or model (pdb file) can now be queried against GPCRdb's entire structure/model collection through a Structuresimilarity search page implementing FoldSeek. Finally, for ligands, new search tools can query names, database identifiers, similarities or substructures against integrated entries from the ChEMBL, Guide to Pharmacology, PDSP Ki, PubChem, DrugCentral and DrugBank databases. GPCRdb is available at https://gpcrdb.org.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2025:53(D1) | 24 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)
36395823
GPCRdb in 2023: state-specific structure models using AlphaFold2 and new ligand resources. [PMID: 36395823]
Gáspár Pándy-Szekeres, Jimmy Caroli, Alibek Mamyrbekov, Ali A Kermani, György M Keserű, Albert J Kooistra, David E Gloriam

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are physiologically abundant signaling hubs routing hundreds of extracellular signal substances and drugs into intracellular pathways. The GPCR database, GPCRdb supports >5000 interdisciplinary researchers every month with reference data, analysis, visualization, experiment design and dissemination. Here, we present our fifth major GPCRdb release setting out with an overview of the many resources for receptor sequences, structures, and ligands. This includes recently published additions of class D generic residue numbers, a comparative structure analysis tool to identify functional determinants, trees clustering GPCR structures by 3D conformation, and mutations stabilizing inactive/active states. We provide new state-specific structure models of all human non-olfactory GPCRs built using AlphaFold2-MultiState. We also provide a new resource of endogenous ligands along with a larger number of surrogate ligands with bioactivity, vendor, and physiochemical descriptor data. The one-stop-shop ligand resources integrate ligands/data from the ChEMBL, Guide to Pharmacology, PDSP Ki and PubChem database. The GPCRdb is available at https://gpcrdb.org.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2023:51(D1) | 135 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)
33270898
GPCRdb in 2021: integrating GPCR sequence, structure and function. [PMID: 33270898]
Kooistra AJ, Mordalski S, Pándy-Szekeres G, Esguerra M, Mamyrbekov A, Munk C, Keserű GM, Gloriam DE.

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) form both the largest family of membrane proteins and drug targets, mediating the action of one-third of medicines. The GPCR database, GPCRdb serves >4 000 researchers every month and offers reference data, analysis of own or literature data, experiment design and dissemination of published datasets. Here, we describe new and updated GPCRdb resources with a particular focus on integration of sequence, structure and function. GPCRdb contains all human non-olfactory GPCRs (and >27 000 orthologs), G-proteins and arrestins. It includes over 2 000 drug and in-trial agents and nearly 200 000 ligands with activity and availability data. GPCRdb annotates all published GPCR structures (updated monthly), which are also offered in a refined version (with re-modeled missing/distorted regions and reverted mutations) and provides structure models of all human non-olfactory receptors in inactive, intermediate and active states. Mutagenesis data in the GPCRdb spans natural genetic variants, GPCR-G protein interfaces, ligand sites and thermostabilising mutations. A new sequence signature tool for identification of functional residue determinants has been added and two data driven tools to design ligand site mutations and constructs for structure determination have been updated extending their coverage of receptors and modifications. The GPCRdb is available at https://gpcrdb.org.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2021:49(D1) | 253 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)
26582914
GPCRdb: an information system for G protein-coupled receptors. [PMID: 26582914]
Isberg V, Mordalski S, Munk C, Rataj K, Harpsøe K, Hauser AS, Vroling B, Bojarski AJ, Vriend G, Gloriam DE.

Recent developments in G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) structural biology and pharmacology have greatly enhanced our knowledge of receptor structure-function relations, and have helped improve the scientific foundation for drug design studies. The GPCR database, GPCRdb, serves a dual role in disseminating and enabling new scientific developments by providing reference data, analysis tools and interactive diagrams. This paper highlights new features in the fifth major GPCRdb release: (i) GPCR crystal structure browsing, superposition and display of ligand interactions; (ii) direct deposition by users of point mutations and their effects on ligand binding; (iii) refined snake and helix box residue diagram looks; and (iii) phylogenetic trees with receptor classification colour schemes. Under the hood, the entire GPCRdb front- and back-ends have been re-coded within one infrastructure, ensuring a smooth browsing experience and development. GPCRdb is available at http://www.gpcrdb.org/ and it's open source code at https://bitbucket.org/gpcr/protwis. © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2016:44(D1) | 203 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)
24304901
GPCRDB: an information system for G protein-coupled receptors. [PMID: 24304901]
Isberg V, Vroling B, van der Kant R, Li K, Vriend G, Gloriam D.

For the past 20 years, the GPCRDB (G protein-coupled receptors database; http://www.gpcr.org/7tm/) has been a 'one-stop shop' for G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-related data. The GPCRDB contains experimental data on sequences, ligand-binding constants, mutations and oligomers, as well as many different types of computationally derived data, such as multiple sequence alignments and homology models. The GPCRDB also provides visualization and analysis tools, plus a number of query systems. In the latest GPCRDB release, all multiple sequence alignments, and >65,000 homology models, have been significantly improved, thanks to a recent flurry of GPCR X-ray structure data. Tools were introduced to browse X-ray structures, compare binding sites, profile similar receptors and generate amino acid conservation statistics. Snake plots and helix box diagrams can now be custom coloured (e.g. by chemical properties or mutation data) and saved as figures. A series of sequence alignment visualization tools has been added, and sequence alignments can now be created for subsets of sequences and sequence positions, and alignment statistics can be produced for any of these subsets.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2014:42(Database issue) | 96 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)
21045054
GPCRDB: information system for G protein-coupled receptors. [PMID: 21045054]
Vroling B, Sanders M, Baakman C, Borrmann A, Verhoeven S, Klomp J, Oliveira L, de Vlieg J, Vriend G.

The GPCRDB is a Molecular Class-Specific Information System (MCSIS) that collects, combines, validates and disseminates large amounts of heterogeneous data on G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The GPCRDB contains experimental data on sequences, ligand-binding constants, mutations and oligomers, as well as many different types of computationally derived data such as multiple sequence alignments and homology models. The GPCRDB provides access to the data via a number of different access methods. It offers visualization and analysis tools, and a number of query systems. The data is updated automatically on a monthly basis. The GPCRDB can be found online at http://www.gpcr.org/7tm/.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2011:39(Database issue) | 95 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)
12520006
GPCRDB information system for G protein-coupled receptors. [PMID: 12520006]
Horn F, Bettler E, Oliveira L, Campagne F, Cohen FE, Vriend G.

The GPCRDB is a molecular class-specific information system that collects, combines, validates and disseminates heterogeneous data on G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The database stores data on sequences, ligand binding constants and mutations. The system also provides computationally derived data such as sequence alignments, homology models, and a series of query and visualization tools. The GPCRDB is updated automatically once every 4-5 months and is freely accessible at http://www.gpcr.org/7tm/.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2003:31(1) | 223 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)
9399852
GPCRDB: an information system for G protein-coupled receptors. [PMID: 9399852]
Horn F, Weare J, Beukers MW, Hörsch S, Bairoch A, Chen W, Edvardsen O, Campagne F, Vriend G.

The GPCRDB is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) database system aimed at the collection and dissemination of GPCR related data. It holds sequences, mutant data and ligand binding constants as primary (experimental) data. Computationally derived data such as multiple sequence alignments, three dimensional models, phylogenetic trees and two dimensional visualization tools are added to enhance the database's usefulness. The GPCRDB is an EU sponsored project aimed at building a generic molecular class specific database capable of dealing with highly heterogeneous data. GPCRs were chosen as test molecules because of their enormous importance for medical sciences and due to the availability of so much highly heterogeneous data. The GPCRDB is available via the WWW at http://www.gpcr.org/7tm

Nucleic Acids Res. 1998:26(1) | 258 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)

Ranking

All databases:
353/6895 (94.895%)
Structure:
36/967 (96.381%)
Interaction:
58/1194 (95.226%)
Health and medicine:
89/1738 (94.937%)
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Total Rank
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Citations
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