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Mechanism of μ-conotoxin PIIIA binding to the voltage-gated Na+ channel NaV1.4.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Chen Rong, Robinson Anna, Chung Shin-Ho
Abstract excerpt
Several subtypes of voltage-gated Na+ (NaV) channels are important targets for pain management. μ-Conotoxins isolated from venoms of cone snails are potent and specific blockers of different NaV channel isoforms. The inhibitory effect of μ-conotoxins on NaV channels has been examined extensively, but the mechanism of toxin specificity has not been understood in detail. Here the known structure of μ-conotoxin...
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