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<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1dg2 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1dg2 OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1dg2 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1dg2 PDBsum]</span></td></tr> | <tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1dg2 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1dg2 OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1dg2 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1dg2 PDBsum]</span></td></tr> | ||
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== Function == | |||
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/CXA2_CONAL CXA2_CONAL]] Alpha-conotoxins act on postsynaptic membranes, they bind to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) and thus inhibit them. This toxin blocks mammalian nAChR alpha-3/beta-4 subunits.<ref>PMID:9786965</ref> | |||
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SOLUTION CONFORMATION OF A-CONOTOXIN AUIBSOLUTION CONFORMATION OF A-CONOTOXIN AUIB
Structural highlights
Function[CXA2_CONAL] Alpha-conotoxins act on postsynaptic membranes, they bind to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) and thus inhibit them. This toxin blocks mammalian nAChR alpha-3/beta-4 subunits.[1] Publication Abstract from PubMedThe neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors constitute a highly diverse group, with subtypes consisting of pentameric combinations of alpha and beta subunits. alpha-Conotoxins are a homologous series of small peptides that antagonize these receptors. We present the three-dimensional solution structure of alpha-conotoxin AuIB, the first 15-residue alpha-conotoxin known to selectively block the alpha(3)beta(4) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtype. The pairwise backbone and heavy-atom root mean square deviation for an ensemble of 20 structures are 0.269 and 0.720 A, respectively. The overall fold of alpha-conotoxin AuIB closely resembles that of the alpha4/7 subfamily alpha-conotoxins. However, the absence of Tyr(15), normally present in other alpha4/7 members, results in tight bending of the backbone at the C terminus and effectively renders Asp(14) to assume the spatial location of Tyr(15) present in other neuronal alpha4/7 alpha-conotoxins. Structural comparison of alpha-conotoxin AuIB with the alpha(3)beta(2) subtype-specific alpha-conotoxin MII shows different electrostatic surface charge distributions, which may be important in differential receptor subtype recognition. Nuclear magnetic resonance solution conformation of alpha-conotoxin AuIB, an alpha(3)beta(4) subtype-selective neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.,Cho JH, Mok KH, Olivera BM, McIntosh JM, Park KH, Han KH J Biol Chem. 2000 Mar 24;275(12):8680-5. PMID:10722709[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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