Mapping a molecular link between allosteric inhibition and activation of the glycine receptor

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1084-1093

  Miller, Paul S ^a   Topf, Maya ^b   Smart, Trevor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; STRYCHNINE; ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 53549103853     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1492     Document Type: Article

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