Modification of cysteines reveals linkage to acetylcholine and vesamicol binding sites in the vesicular acetylcholine transporter of Torpedo californica

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1739-1748

  Keller, James E ^a   Bravo, Dawn T ^a   Parsons, Stanley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cysteine; Methylmethanethiosulfonate; P Chloromercuriphenylsulfonate; Vesamicol; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONIC ACID; THIOMESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; VESAMICOL; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

4-CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONATE; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; CYTOPLASM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHENYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PIPERIDINES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TORPEDO; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

INVERTEBRATA; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0034068521     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741739.x     Document Type: Article

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