Multiple binding sites for agonists on Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor

Biochemistry ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 21 (24) ◽  
pp. 6264-6272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. J. Dunn ◽  
Michael A. Raftery
Keyword(s):  
Acetylcholine Receptor ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Torpedo Californica ◽  
Multiple Binding Sites ◽  
Multiple Binding

The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Its Structure, Multiple Binding Sites, and Cation Transport Properties

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (2part2) ◽  
pp. 34-51
Author(s):  
MICHAEL A. RAFTERY ◽  
BIANCA M. CONTI-TRONCONI ◽  
SUSAN M. J. DUNN ◽  
REBECCA D. CRAWFORD ◽  
DAVID MIDDLEMAS
Keyword(s):  
Transport Properties ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptor ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Cation Transport ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽  
Multiple Binding Sites ◽  
Multiple Binding

NMDAR PAMs: Multiple Chemotypes for Multiple Binding Sites

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (24) ◽  
pp. 2239-2253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Goldsmith
Keyword(s):  
Binding Sites ◽  
Receptor Activation ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Allosteric Modulators ◽  
Nonselective Cation Channels ◽  
Multiple Binding Sites ◽  
Multiple Binding ◽  
Excitatory Neurotransmission ◽  
Psychiatric Conditions ◽  
High Level

The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) is a member of the ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) family that plays a crucial role in brain signalling and development. NMDARs are nonselective cation channels that are involved with the propagation of excitatory neurotransmission signals with important effects on synaptic plasticity. NMDARs are functionally and structurally complex receptors, they exist as a family of subtypes each with its own unique pharmacological properties. Their implication in a variety of neurological and psychiatric conditions means they have been a focus of research for many decades. Disruption of NMDAR-related signalling is known to adversely affect higherorder cognitive functions (e.g. learning and memory) and the search for molecules that can recover (or even enhance) receptor output is a current strategy for CNS drug discovery. A number of positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) that specifically attempt to overcome NMDAR hypofunction have been discovered. They include various chemotypes that have been found to bind to several different binding sites within the receptor. The heterogeneity of chemotype, binding site and NMDAR subtype provide a broad landscape of ongoing opportunities to uncover new features of NMDAR pharmacology. Research on NMDARs continues to provide novel mechanistic insights into receptor activation and this review will provide a high-level overview of the research area and discuss the various chemical classes of PAMs discovered so far.

Effects of Multiple Binding Sites on Studies of Hydrogen Bonding between Nitroxide Radicals and Solvent Molecules

1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imad Al-Bala'a ◽  
Richard D. Bates
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Hyperfine Coupling Constant ◽  
Hydrogen Donor ◽  
Complex Formation Constants ◽  
Multiple Binding Sites ◽  
Multiple Binding ◽  
Solvent Molecules

The role of more than one binding site on a nitroxide free radical in magnetic resonance determinations of the properties of the complex formed with a hydrogen donor is examined. The expression that relates observed hyperfine couplings in EPR spectra to complex formation constants and concentrations of each species in solution becomes much more complex when multiple binding sites are present, but reduces to a simpler form when binding at the two sites occurs independently and the binding at the non-nitroxide site does not produce significant differences in the hyperfine coupling constant in the complexed radical. Effects on studies of hydrogen bonding between multiple binding site nitroxides and hydrogen donor solvent molecules by other magnetic resonance methods are potentially more extreme.

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