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q-bio.BM2009
Opening a hydrophobic gate: the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor as an example
Sarah E. Rogers, Kaihsu Tai, Oliver Beckstein +1
To what extent must a hydrophobic gate expand for the channel to count as open? We address this question using the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) as the exemplar. The nAC…
q-bio.BM2005★ 189 cited
A Hydrophobic Gate in an Ion Channel: The Closed State of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Oliver Beckstein, Mark S. P. Sansom
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is the prototypic member of the `Cys-loop' superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels which mediate synaptic neurotransmission, and whose…