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ReviewThe Journal of physiology2010

In pursuit of the high-resolution structure of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Lin Chen

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. In Silico Conotoxin Studies: Progress and Prospects.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  2. Efficient Expression inMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Lin ChenMolecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. linchen@usc.edu

Funding

Structural and Functional Versatility of NFATR01GM064642 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHEN, LIN · 2005 to 2014
$2.5M
Structure and Function of the MEF2 PathwayR01HL076334 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHEN, LIN · 2005 to 2009
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL076334NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM064642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) has been studied extensively for well over four decades because of its important physiological roles and medical relevance. A large body of data from biochemical and biophysical studies are now available. The structural information, which is needed to integrate existing data to address the mechanism and function of nAChRs, started to emerge in recent years. Structural studies of acetylcholine binding proteins (AChBPs) have greatly facilitated the study of nAChRs. The recently determined crystal structures of the prokaryotic homologues of nAChRs will probably have similar impact over time. However, a direct structural model of nAChRs at high resolution will be important for mechanistic studies and drug development. Here we will review some of the recent efforts in this area and use the high-resolution structure of the extracellular domains of nAChR alpha1 to illustrate the potential insights one may gain at higher resolution.

Indexed as

AnimalsGlycosylationHumansIon Channel GatingMutationPolysaccharidesProtein BindingProtein FoldingProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, NicotinicPolysaccharidesReceptors, Nicotinic

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PMID19995851
PMCPMC2828130

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