“…The "average" model of the ␣-bundle is also in agreement with constraints experimentally derived by site-directed mutagenesis for other GPCRs, such as the proximity of Asp 397 (II:28) and Lys 583 (VII:3) in the lutropin/choriogonadotropin hormone receptor (Fernandez and Puett, 1996), Asn 87 (II:14) and Asn 318 (VII:17) in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (Zhou et al, 1994), Asp 120 (II:14) and Asn 396 (VII:17) in the 5-HT 2A receptor (Sealfon et al, 1995), Asp 125 (III:7) and Lys 331 (VII:4) in ␣ 1B -adrenergic receptors (Porter et al, 1996), and the formation of an artificial Zn 2ϩ -binding site by histidine residues incorporated in positions V:Ϫ1, V:3, and VI:27 in mutant NK-1 and opioid receptors (Elling et al, 1995;Thirstrup et al, 1996). The models of cationic amine receptors (Lomize et al, 1998) are consistent with accessibilities of residues from helices III, V, and VII to water-soluble probes (Javitch et al, 1995;Fu et al, 1996) and with a vast sample of site-directed mutagenesis data demonstrating, for example, the interaction of AspIII:7 with the protonated amine of ligands (Fraser et al, 1989;Javitch et al, 1995;Ho et al, 1992;Mansour et al, 1992Mansour et al, , 1997Porter et al, 1996;Savarese and Fraser, 1992;Strader et al, 1987Strader et al, , 1988Wang et al, 1991Wang et al, , 1993, the involvement of SerV:6 of -adrenoreceptors and SerV:7 of ␣-adrenoreceptors in H-bond formation with catechol ligands, the importance of SerV:10 for ligand binding and activation (Strader et al, 1989;Wang et al, 1991;Hwa et al, 1997), and the proximity of the indole rings of Trp 109 (III:3) and Trp 330 (VII:8) of the  2 -adrenoreceptor to the azido group of iodoazidopindolol, an affinity label for -adrenergic receptors (Wong et al, 1988).…”