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ArticleBiophysical journal2007

Structure of the first transmembrane domain of the neuronal acetylcholine receptor beta2 subunit.

Vasyl Bondarenko, Yan Xu, Pei Tang

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vasyl BondarenkoDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
Yan Xu
Pei Tang
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

NMR STUDIES OF MECHANISMS OF GENERAL ANESTHESIAR37GM049202 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI XU, YAN · 2004 to 2013
$4.9M
ANESTHETIC SITES IN TRANSMEMBRANE PEPTIDES BY NMRR01GM056257 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TANG, PEI · 1998 to 2017
$4.8M
ANESTHETIC EFFECTS ON ION CHANNEL STRUCTURES & DYNAMICSR01GM066358 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TANG, PEI · 2002 to 2014
$3.6M
TM Domain Structures of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels by NMRR01GM069766 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI XU, YAN · 2004 to 2007
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM056257NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066358NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069766NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM069766NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM56257NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM66358NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM049202NIGMS NIH HHS R37GM049202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent cryoelectron microscopy structure of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) at 4-A resolution shows long helices for all transmembrane (TM) domains. This is in disagreement with several previous reports that the first TM domain of nAChR and other Cys-loop receptors are not entirely helical. In this study, we determined the structure and backbone dynamics of an extended segment encompassing the first TM domain (TM1e) of nAChR beta(2) subunit in dodecylphosphocholine micelles, using solution-state NMR and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Both CD and NMR results show less helicity in TM1e than in Torpedo nAChR structure (Protein Data Bank: 2BG9). The helical ending residues at the C-terminus are the same in the TM1e NMR structure and the Torpedo nAChR structure, but the helical starting residue (I-217) in TM1e is seven residues closer to the C-terminus. Interestingly, the helical starting residue is two residues before the highly conserved P-219, in accordance with the hypothesis that proline causes helical distortions at three residues preceding it. The NMR relaxation measurements show a dynamics pattern consistent with TM1e structure. The substantial nonhelical content adds greater flexibilities to TM1e, thereby implicating a different molecular basis for nAChR function compared to a longer and more rigid helical TM1.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProlineProtein Structure, SecondaryReceptors, NicotinicTorpedoProlineReceptors, Nicotinic

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PMID17142275
PMCPMC1796834
OpenAlexW2150884737

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