Motion in Bungarotoxin [bungtox]

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Classification [D-f-2]

Structures 1IDG 1IDI

Description Peptide chain lacks stable secondary structure and undergoes large conformational change upon binding to analog of the acetylcholine receptor.

References H Zeng, L Moise, M A Grant, E Hawrot (2001). The solution structure of the complex formed between alpha-bungarotoxin and an 18-mer cognate peptide derived from the alpha 1 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica. J Biol Chem, 276:22930-40 [Medline info for 11312275]

GO terms associated with structures Molecular function nicotinic acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity, ion channel activity, extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity, neurotransmitter receptor activity Cellular component membrane, integral to membrane, extracellular region, postsynaptic membrane Biological process ion transport, transport, pathogenesis

Morphs

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