Atomistic insights into human Cys-loop receptors by solution NMR

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1848, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 307-314

  Mowrey, David D ^a   Kinde, Monica N ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Tang, Pei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic binding; Channel structures; Cys loop receptors; Glycine receptoers; nAChRs; NMR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GLYCINE RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE LOOP LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNEL RECEPTORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84979859115     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.03.014     Document Type: Review

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