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Tryptophan and Cysteine Mutations in M1 Helices of α1β3γ2L γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors Indicate Distinct Intersubunit Sites for Four Intravenous Anesthetics and One Orphan Site.
Anesthesiology - 1 Dec 2016
Nourmahnad Anahita, Stern Alex T, Hotta Mayo, Stewart Deirdre S, Ziemba Alexis M, Szabo Andrea, Forman Stuart A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: γ-Aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors mediate important effects of intravenous general anesthetics. Photolabel derivatives of etomidate, propofol, barbiturates, and a neurosteroid get incorporated in GABAA receptor transmembrane helices M1 and M3 adjacent to intersubunit pockets. However, photolabels have not been consistently targeted at heteromeric αβγ receptors and do not form adducts with...
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