2000
Nicotine Binding to Native and Substituted Peptides Comprising Residues 188–207 of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α1, α2, α3, α4, α5, and α7 Subunits
Lentz T. Nicotine Binding to Native and Substituted Peptides Comprising Residues 188–207 of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α1, α2, α3, α4, α5, and α7 Subunits. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2000, 268: 480-484. PMID: 10679230, DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNicotinic acetylcholine receptor α1Acetylcholine receptor alpha subunitNicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunitHigh affinity binding componentDifferent alpha subunitsReceptor alpha subunitNeuronal peptidesReceptor α1Alpha subunitΑ7 subunitAlpha4 subunitSignificant decreaseNicotineBinding componentSynthetic peptidesLow affinityPeptidesHigh affinity
1998
Amino Acids within Residues 181–200 of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α1 Subunit Involved in Nicotine Binding
Lentz T, Chaturvedi V, Conti-Fine B. Amino Acids within Residues 181–200 of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α1 Subunit Involved in Nicotine Binding. Biochemical Pharmacology 1998, 55: 341-347. PMID: 9484801, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00474-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNicotine bindingCys-192Cys-193Alpha1 subunitReceptor alpha1 subunitReceptor α1 subunitTyr-190Tyr-198Acetylcholine receptorsΑ1 subunitGreater reductionAsp-195Significant reductionFusion proteinPro-194Single concentrationThr-196Apparent KdAmino acidsSynthetic peptidesAsp-200Position 181Individual amino acidsResidues 181Previous studies
1995
Differential binding of nicotine and alpha-bungarotoxin to residues 173-204 of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 1 subunit.
Lentz T. Differential binding of nicotine and alpha-bungarotoxin to residues 173-204 of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 1 subunit. Biochemistry 1995, 34: 1316-22. PMID: 7827079, DOI: 10.1021/bi00004a026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research