[HTML][HTML] Structure and function meet at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-lipid interface

FJ Barrantes - Pharmacological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is a transmembrane protein that mediates fast
intercellular communication in response to the endogenous neurotransmitter acetylcholine …

Discovery of therapeutic antibodies targeting complex multi-spanning membrane proteins

AD Stephens, T Wilkinson - BioDrugs, 2024 - Springer
Complex integral membrane proteins, which are embedded in the cell surface lipid bilayer
by multiple transmembrane spanning polypeptides, encompass families of proteins that are …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and dynamics of differential ligand binding in the human ρ-type GABAA receptor

J Cowgill, C Fan, N Haloi, V Tobiasson, Y Zhuang… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) drives critical inhibitory processes in and
beyond the nervous system, partly via ionotropic type-A receptors (GABA A Rs) …

[HTML][HTML] Structural mechanisms of α7 nicotinic receptor allosteric modulation and activation

SM Burke, M Avstrikova, CM Noviello, N Mukhtasimova… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel that plays
an important role in cholinergic signaling throughout the nervous system. Its unique …

Influence of lipid bilayer on the structure of the muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

N Unwin - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is a transmitter-gated ion channel residing
in the plasma membrane of electrocytes and striated muscle cells. It is present …

Mechanisms underlying modulation of human GlyRα3 by Zn2+ and pH

K Kindig, E Gibbs, D Seiferth, PC Biggin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Glycine receptors (GlyRs) regulate motor control and pain processing in the central nervous
system through inhibitory synaptic signaling. The subtype GlyRα3 expressed in nociceptive …

Divergent mechanisms of steroid inhibition in the human ρ1 GABAA receptor

C Fan, J Cowgill, RJ Howard, E Lindahl - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract ρ-type γ-aminobutyric acid-A (GABAA) receptors are widely distributed in the retina
and brain, and are potential drug targets for the treatment of visual, sleep and cognitive …

Resolving native GABAA receptor structures from the human brain

J Zhou, CM Noviello, J Teng, H Moore, B Lega… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Type A GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) receptors (GABAA receptors) mediate most fast
inhibitory signalling in the brain and are targets for drugs that treat epilepsy, anxiety …

Cryo-EM structure of the zinc-activated channel (ZAC) in the Cys-loop receptor superfamily

F **, YY Lin, RC Wang, TX **e, Y Zhao, C Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Cys-loop receptors are a large superfamily of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels with
various physiological roles, especially in neurotransmission in the central nervous system …

Cryo-EM structures of prokaryotic ligand-gated ion channel GLIC provide insights into gating in a lipid environment

N Bharambe, Z Li, D Seiferth, AM Balakrishna… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
GLIC, a proton-activated prokaryotic ligand-gated ion channel, served as a model system for
understanding the eukaryotic counterparts due to their structural and functional similarities …