Selected Publications

Nature • 640(8057):265-273

A cryptic pocket in CB1 drives peripheral and functional selectivity

Rangari VA, O’Brien ES, Powers AS, Slivicki RA, Bertels Z, Appourchaux K, Aydin D, Ramos-Gonzalez N, Mwirigi J, Lin L, Mangutov E, Sobecks BL, Awad-Agbaria Y, Uphade MB, Aguilar J, Peddada TN, Shiimura Y, Huang XP, Folarin-Hines J, Payne M, Kalathil A, Varga BR, Kobilka BK, Pradhan AA, Cameron MD, Krishna Kumar K ✉︎, Dror RO ✉︎, Gereau RW 4th ✉︎, Majumdar S ✉︎.

✉︎ Co-Corresponding

Nature Communications • 16(1):2237

Virtual library docking for cannabinoid-1 receptor agonists with reduced side effects

Tummino TA, Iliopoulos-Tsoutsouvas C, Braz JM, O’Brien ES, Stein RM, Craik V, Tran NK, Ganapathy S, Liu F, Shiimura Y, Tong F, Ho TC, Radchenko DS, Moroz YS, Rosado SR, Bhardwaj K, Benitez J, Liu Y, Kandasamy H, Normand C, Semache M, Sabbagh L, Glenn I, Irwin JJ, Krishna Kumar K ✉︎, Makriyannis A ✉︎, Basbaum AI ✉︎, Shoichet BK ✉︎.

✉︎ Co-Corresponding

Nature • 629(8013):951-956

Stepwise activation of a metabotropic glutamate receptor

Krishna Kumar K ✉︎, Wang H, Habrian C, Latorraca NR, Xu J, O’Brien ES, Zhang C, Montabana E, Koehl A, Marqusee S, Isacoff EY, Kobilka BK ✉︎.

✉︎ Co-Corresponding

Nature Communications • 14(1):2672

Structural basis for activation of CB1 by an endocannabinoid analog

Krishna Kumar K, Robertson MJ, Thadhani E, Wang H, Suomivuori CM, Powers AS, Ji L, Nikas SP, Dror RO, Inoue A, Makriyannis A, Skiniotis G, Kobilka B.

Cell • 186(7):1465-1477.e18

Negative allosteric modulation of the glucagon receptor by RAMP2

Krishna Kumar K, O’Brien ES, Habrian CH, Latorraca NR, Wang H, Tuneew I, Montabana E, Marqusee S, Hilger D, Isacoff EY, Mathiesen JM, Kobilka BK.

Science • 369(6503)

Structural insights into differences in G protein activation by family A and family B GPCRs

Hilger D*, Krishna Kumar K*, Hu H, Pedersen MF, O’Brien ES, Giehm L, Jennings C, Eskici G, Inoue A, Lerch M, Mathiesen JM, Skiniotis G, Kobilka BK.

* Co-First Author

Cell • 176(3):448-458.e12

Structure of a signaling cannabinoid receptor 1–G protein complex

Krishna Kumar K, Shalev-Benami M, Robertson MJ, Hu H, Banister SD, Hollingsworth SA, Latorraca NR, Kato HE, Hilger D, Maeda S, Weis WI, Farrens DL, Dror RO, Malhotra SV, Kobilka BK, Skiniotis G.