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Molecular determinants of prokaryotic voltage-gated sodium channels for recognition of local anesthetics.
The FEBS journal - 1 Aug 2016
Shimomura Takushi, Irie Katsumasa, Fujiyoshi Yoshinori
Abstract excerpt
Local anesthetics (LAs) inhibit mammalian voltage-gated Na(+) channels (Navs) and are thus clinically important. LAs also inhibit prokaryotic Navs (BacNavs), which have a simpler structure than mammalian Navs. To elucidate the detailed mechanisms of LA inhibition to BacNavs, we used NavBh, a BacNav from Bacillus halodurans, to analyze the interactions of several LAs and quaternary ammoniums (QAs). Based on the...
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