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Mutations in the channel domain of a neuronal nicotinic receptor convert ion selectivity from cationic to anionic

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Introduction by site-directed mutagenesis of three amino acids from the Mil segment of glycine or & GAMMA;-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptors into the Mil segment of α7 nicotinic receptor was sufficient to convert a cation-selective channel into an an ion-selective channel gated by acetylcholine. A critical mutation was the insertion of an uncharged residue at the amino-terminal end of Mil, stressing the importance of protein geometrical constraints on ion selectivity.

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    Jean-Luc Galzi, Anne Devillers-Thiery & Jean-Pierre Changeux

  2. Département de Physiologie, Centre Médical Universitaire (Faculté de Médecine), 1211, Geneva, 4, Switzerland

    Nicolas Hussy, Sonia Bertrand & Daniel Bertrand

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Galzi, JL., Devillers-Thiery, A., Hussy, N. et al. Mutations in the channel domain of a neuronal nicotinic receptor convert ion selectivity from cationic to anionic. Nature 359, 500–505 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/359500a0

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