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. 2016 Sep 1:119:274-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.06.012. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Central loop of non-conventional toxin WTX from Naja kaouthia is important for interaction with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Ekaterina N Lyukmanova  1 , Mikhail A Shulepko  2 , Zakhar O Shenkarev  3 , Igor E Kasheverov  4 , Anton O Chugunov  2 , Dmitrii S Kulbatskii  2 , Mikhail Yu Myshkin  2 , Yuri N Utkin  4 , Roman G Efremov  5 , Victor I Tsetlin  4 , Alexander S Arseniev  3 , Mikhail P Kirpichnikov  2 , Dmitry A Dolgikh  2
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Central loop of non-conventional toxin WTX from Naja kaouthia is important for interaction with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Ekaterina N Lyukmanova et al. Toxicon. .

Abstract

'Three-finger' toxin WTX from Naja kaouthia interacts with nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs and mAChRs). Mutagenesis and competition experiments with (125)I-α-bungarotoxin revealed that Arg31 and Arg32 residues from the WTX loop II are important for binding to Torpedo californica and human α7 nAChRs. Computer modeling suggested that loop II occupies the orthosteric binding site at α7 nAChR. The similar toxin interface was previously described as a major determinant of allosteric interactions with mAChRs.

Keywords: Computer modeling; Ly-6/uPAR; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Site-directed mutagenesis; Snake neurotoxin; Three-finger protein.

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