Cloning of a gamma-aminobutyric acid type C receptor subunit in rat retina with a methionine residue critical for picrotoxinin channel block.
Zhang D, Pan Z, Zhang X, Brideau A, Lipton S. Cloning of a gamma-aminobutyric acid type C receptor subunit in rat retina with a methionine residue critical for picrotoxinin channel block. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1995, 92: 11756-11760. PMID: 8524843, PMCID: PMC40481, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.25.11756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChloride ChannelsCloning, MolecularDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug ResistanceElectric ConductivityGABA AntagonistsIon ChannelsMethionineMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPicrotoxinProtein ConformationRatsReceptors, GABARetinaSequence Homology, Amino AcidSesterterpenesStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsGABAC responsesRat retinaRho 2 subunitsGamma-aminobutyric acidPTX resistanceHeteromeric receptorsReceptor subunitsFunctional homomeric receptorsRho 1 receptorsGABA receptor subunitsInhibitory neurotransmissionMechanism of blockGABA receptorsMammalian retinaConvulsant picrotoxininHomomeric receptorsRat receptorRetinaIonotropic receptorsReceptorsChannel blockPicrotoxininSecond membrane-spanning regionNative receptorPredominant determinant