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Efficient binding of 4/7 α-conotoxins to nicotinic α4β2 receptors is prevented by Arg185 and Pro195 in the α4 subunit.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Oct 2012
Beissner Mirko, Dutertre Sébastien, Schemm Rudolf, Danker Timm, Sporning Annett, Grubmüller Helmut, Nicke Annette
Abstract excerpt
α-Conotoxins are subtype-selective nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) antagonists. Although potent α3β2 nAChR-selective α-conotoxins have been identified, currently characterized α-conotoxins show no or only weak affinity for α4β2 nAChRs, which are, besides α7 receptors, the most abundant n...
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