Moving through the gate in ATP-activated P2X receptors

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-29

  Jiang, Ruotian ^a   Taly, Antoine ^b   Grutter, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Gating; Ligand gated ion channels; Neurotransmitter; Purinergic receptor; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ION PERMEABILITY; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84871504004     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.10.006     Document Type: Review

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