Targeted Molecular Dynamics Study of C-Loop Closure and Channel Gating in Nicotinic Receptors

The initial coupling between ligand binding and channel gating in the human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) has been investigated with targeted molecular dynamics (TMD) simulation. During the simulation, eight residues at the tip of the C-loop in two alternating subunits were forced to m...

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Main Authors: Cheng, Xiaolin, Wang, Hailong, Grant, Barry, Sine, Steven M, McCammon, J. Andrew
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2006
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1584325/