| Literature DB >> 3255368 |
B Mulac-Jericevic1, T Manshouri, T Yokoi, M Z Atassi.
Abstract
A set of 18 synthetic uniform overlapping peptides spanning the entire extracellular part (residues 1-210) of the alpha-subunit of human acetylcholine receptor were studied for their binding activity of 125I-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin and cobratoxin. A major toxin-binding region was found to reside within peptide alpha 122-138. In addition, low-binding activities were obtained with peptides alpha 34-49 and alpha 194-210. It is concluded that the region within residues alpha 122-138 constitutes a universal major toxin-binding region for acetylcholine receptor of various species.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3255368 DOI: 10.1007/bf01025247
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Protein Chem ISSN: 0277-8033