Photochemical proteolysis of an unstructured linker of the GABA AR extracellular domain prevents GABA but not pentobarbital activation

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Hanek, Ariele P ^a   Lester, Henry A ^a   Dougherty, Dennis A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; PENTOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENTOBARBITAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 77953802521     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.109.059832     Document Type: Article

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