Homology modeling of a human glycine alpha 1 receptor reveals a plausible anesthetic binding site

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-135

  Bertaccini, Edward J ^a,c,d   Shapiro, Jessica ^b   Brutlag, Douglas L ^b   Trudelt, James R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CHELATION; DNA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; BIOINFORMATICS; HOMOLOGY MODELING; TRANSMEMBRANES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ANESTHETIC AGENT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANESTHETICS; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 13844315498     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci0497399     Document Type: Article

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