A structural model for the ligand-binding sites at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Louis Smart; Hans Wilhelm Meyers; Rolf Hilgenfeld; Wolfram Saenger; Alfred Maelicke

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(84)81241-7

A structural model for the ligand-binding sites at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Louis Smart, Hans Wilhelm Meyers, Rolf Hilgenfeld, Wolfram Saenger, Alfred Maelicke^*

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Institute of Biochemistry

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Abstract

The structural properties of a selected segment of the 4 polypeptide chains of the acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica have been compared by model building studies. The particular segment (residues 135-142) is identical for the β, γ and δ subunits but differs in one position from the otherwise identical α-peptide. We conclude that the exchange of a tryptophanyl by a glutaminyl residue may produce a sufficiently different folding and charge pattern to provide for the specific binding of cholinergic ligands to the α-peptide.

Original language	English
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	178
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	64-68
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0014-5793
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(84)81241-7
Publication status	Published - 03.12.1984

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