Function of interfacial prolines at the transmitter-binding sites of the neuromuscular acetylcholine receptor

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 12667-12679

  Gupta, Shaweta ^a   Purohit, Prasad ^a   Auerbach, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; BINDING POCKETS; ENERGY CHANGES; ENERGY COUPLINGS; GLYCINE RESIDUES; HIGH AFFINITY; OPEN CHANNELS; SINGLE-CHANNEL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMITTERS;

BINDING SITES;

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYS LOOP RECEPTORS; GATING; ION CHANNELS; SYNAPSES;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROLINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84877133114     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.443911     Document Type: Article

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