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==NMR Structure of alpha-Bungarotoxin==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1ikc]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungarus_multicinctus Bungarus multicinctus]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1IKC OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1IKC FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Solution NMR, 30 models</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1ikc FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1ikc OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1ikc PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1ikc RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1ikc PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1ikc ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/3L21A_BUNMU 3L21A_BUNMU] Binds with high affinity to muscular (tested on Torpedo marmorata, Kd=0.4 nM) and neuronal (tested on chimeric alpha-7/CHRNA7, Kd=0.95 nM) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and inhibits acetylcholine from binding to the receptor, thereby impairing neuromuscular and neuronal transmission (PubMed:9305882). It also shows an activity on GABA(A) receptors (PubMed:16549768, PubMed:25634239). It antagonises GABA-activated currents with high potency when tested on primary hippocampal neurons (PubMed:25634239). It inhibits recombinantly expressed GABA(A) receptors composed of alpha-2-beta-2-gamma-2 (GABRA2-GABRB2-GABRG2) subunits with high potency (62.3% inhibition at 20 uM of toxin) (PubMed:25634239). It also shows a weaker inhibition on GABA(A) receptors composed of alpha-1-beta-2-gamma-2 (GABRA1-GABRB2-GABRG2) subunits, alpha-4-beta-2-gamma-2 (GABRA4-GABRB2-GABRG2) subunits, and alpha-5-beta-2-gamma-2 (GABRA5-GABRB2-GABRG2) subunits (PubMed:25634239). A very weak inhibition is also observed on GABA(A) receptor composed of alpha-1-beta-3-gamma-2 (GABRA1-GABRB3-GABRG2) (PubMed:26221036). It has also been shown to bind and inhibit recombinant GABA(A) receptor beta-3/GABRB3 subunit (Kd=about 50 nM) (PubMed:16549768). In addition, it blocks the extracellular increase of dopamine evoked by nicotine only at the higher dose (4.2 uM) (PubMed:9840221).<ref>PMID:16549768</ref> <ref>PMID:25634239</ref> <ref>PMID:9305882</ref> <ref>PMID:9840221</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
A combinatorial library approach was used to produce synthetic peptides mimicking the snake neurotoxin binding site of nicotinic receptors. Among the sequences, which inhibited binding of alpha-bungarotoxin to muscle and neuronal nicotinic receptors, HRYYESSLPWYPD, a 14-amino acid peptide with considerably higher toxin-binding affinity than the other synthesized peptides, was selected, and the structure of its complex with the toxin was analyzed by NMR. Comparison of the solution structure of the free toxin and its complex with this peptide indicated that complex formation induced extensive conformational rearrangements mainly at finger II and the carboxy terminus of the protein. The peptidyl residues P10 and Y4 seemed to be critical for peptide folding and complex stability, respectively. The latter residue of the peptide strongly interacted with the protein by entering a small pocket delimited by D30, C33, S34, R36, and V39 toxin side chains.

NMR structure of alpha-bungarotoxin free and bound to a mimotope of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.,Scarselli M, Spiga O, Ciutti A, Bernini A, Bracci L, Lelli B, Lozzi L, Calamandrei D, Di Maro D, Klein S, Niccolai N Biochemistry. 2002 Feb 5;41(5):1457-63. PMID:11814338<ref>PMID:11814338</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Bungarotoxin 3D structures|Bungarotoxin 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Bungarus multicinctus]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Ciutti A]]
[[Category: Niccolai N]]
[[Category: Spiga O]]