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Hydrogen bonding between the 17beta-substituent of a neurosteroid and the GABA(A) receptor is not obligatory for channel potentiation.
British journal of pharmacology - 1 Nov 2009
Li Ping, Bandyopadhyaya Achintya K, Covey Douglas F, Steinbach Joe Henry, Akk Gustav
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Potentiating neurosteroids are some of the most efficacious modulators of the mammalian GABA(A) receptor. One of the crucial interactions may be between the C20 ketone group (D-ring substituent at C17) of the neurosteroid, and the N407 and Y410 residues in the M4 domain of the receptor. In this study, we examined the contribution of hydrogen bonding between 17beta-substituents on the...
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