Identification of regions involved in the binding of α-bungarotoxin to the human α7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor using synthetic peptides

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 543-554

  Marinou, Martha ^a   Tzartos, Socrates J ^a,b  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

neurotoxin; Ligand binding site; Multipin peptide synthesis; Muscle type AChR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY;

TOXIN-BINDING SITES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALPHA 7 NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BUNGAROTOXINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TORPEDO;

TORPEDO;

EID: 0037662714     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021537     Document Type: Article

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