Article
Functional role of the cysteine 451 thiol group in the M4 helix of the gamma subunit of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor.
Biochemistry - 12 Jun 1990
Li L, Schuchard M, Palma A, Pradier L, McNamee M G
Abstract excerpt
Previous chemical modification studies of the acetylcholine receptor [Yee, A.S., Corey, D.E., & McNamee, M.G. (1986) Biochemistry 25, 2110-2119] were extended by using fluorescent N-pyrenylmaleimide to alkylate purified Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). Peptide sequenci...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cysteine
- Ion Channels
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Receptors, Cholinergic
- Sulfhydryl Compounds
- Torpedo
- Xenopus laevis