Spatial Relationships between Drug Binding Sites on the Surface of the Acetylcholine Receptor

Abstract

This report is divided into three sections dealing with the development and use of fluorescent probes of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AcChR). Section I summarized the purification and characterization of four mono-fluorescein cobra a-toxin derivatives. Section II deals with the use of the about derivatives to define the approximate orientation of cobra a-toxin on the acetylcholine receptor. Section III summarizes our measurements of the intersite distances between the binding sites for acetylcholine and phencyclidine on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1987
Accession Number
ADA210384

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  • David A. Johnson

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  • University of California, Riverside

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  • Biomedical

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  • Absorption Spectra
  • Anhydrides
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  • Crystal Structure
  • Drug Abuse
  • Electron Microscopy
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  • Biology

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