Subunit symmetry at the extracellular domain-transmembrane domain interface in acetylcholine receptor channel gating.

Abstract excerpt

Transmitter molecules bind to synaptic acetylcholine receptor channels (AChRs) to promote a global channel-opening conformational change. Although the detailed mechanism that links ligand binding and channel gating is uncertain, the energy changes caused by mutations appear to be more symmetrical between subunits in the transmembrane domain compared with the extracellular domain. The only covalent connection...

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