Building new function into glycine receptors: a structural model for the activation of the glycine-gated chloride channel.

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1. The glycine receptor chloride channel mediates inhibitory neurotransmission and is a member of the ligand-gated ion channel superfamily, which includes the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channel. 2. Activation of these channels involves a movement of the pore-lining second membrane-spanning domain with respect to the remainder of the protein. 3. The present review considers the evidence that the loops that...

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