Disclosure of cholesterol recognition motifs in transmembrane domains of the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Disclosure of cholesterol recognition motifs in transmembrane domains of the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
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10.1038/srep00069
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Barrantes, Francisco J.
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作者:
Baier, Carlos J.;Fantini, Jacques;Barrantes, Francisco J.
Cholesterol influences ion-channel function, distribution and clustering in the membrane, endocytosis, and exocytic sorting of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). We report the occurrence of a cholesterol recognition motif, here coined “CARC”, in the transmembrane regions of AChR subunits that bear extensive contact with the surrounding lipid, and are thus optimally suited to convey cholesterol-mediated signaling from the latter. Three cholesterol molecules could be docked on the transmembrane segments of each AChR subunit, rendering a total of 15 cholesterol molecules per AChR molecule. The CARC motifs contribute each with an energy of interaction between 35 and 52 kJ.mol−1, adding up to a total of about 200 kJ.mol−1 per receptor molecule, i.e. ∼40% of the lipid solvation free energy/ AChR molecule. The CARC motif is remarkably conserved along the phylogenetic scale, from prokaryotes to human, suggesting that it could be responsible for some of the above structural/functional properties of the AChR.
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