Atomic structure and dynamics of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels: New insight from bacterial homologues

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-572

  Corringer, Pierre Jean ^a   Baaden, Marc ^b   Bocquet, Nicolas ^a   Delarue, Marc ^a   Dufresne, Virginie ^a   Nury, Hugues ^a   Prevost, Marie ^a   Van Renterghem, Catherine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PENTAMERIC LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL; PROTON; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTE; GLOEOBACTER VIOLACEUS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; X RAY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER;

EID: 77949538692     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.183160     Document Type: Article

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