Principles of agonist recognition in Cys-loop receptors

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 APR, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lynagh, Timothy ^a   Pless, Stephan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cys loop receptors; GABA A receptors; GluCl; Glycine receptors; Ion channels; Ligand recognition; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Serotonin receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMIDAZOLE; SEROTONIN;

AGONIST RECOGNITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84901019633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00160     Document Type: Review

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