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The extracellular subunit interface of the 5-HT3 receptors: a computational alanine scanning mutagenesis study.
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics - 1 Jan 2012
De Rienzo Francesca, Barbosa Arménio J Moura, Perez Marta A S, Fernandes Pedro A, Ramos Maria J, Menziani Maria Cristina
Abstract excerpt
The functional serotonin 5-HT type-3 (5-HT(3)) receptor, the target of many neuroactive drugs, is known to be a pseudo-symmetric pentamer made either of five identical subunits A (homomeric 5-HT(3A)-R) or of subunits A and B (heteromeric 5-HT(3A/B)-R) in a still debated arrangement. The serotonin binding site is located in the extracellular region, at the interface between two monomers, called the principal and...
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