Core C: Protein Chemistry Core

蛋白质化学核心 蛋白质化学核心将继续为计划项目中的研究小组提供 受体片段分离和序列分析所需的技术专长和设备 包含全身麻醉剂的光结合位点。此外，核心提供 用于解释蛋白质化学所必需的分子建模的计算资源 结果在受体结构的模型方面，并在突变分析的设计中提供指导 这是确定麻醉剂结合的能量贡献所必需的。核心由 博士科恩和位于他的实验室。核心区现有的主要设备包括： Applied Biosystems 492精确自动化蛋白质测序仪和在线氨基酸分析仪;以及（ii）2 配备有UV和荧光检测器的Agilent 1100 HPLC;和（iii）Agilent 1100毛细管LC 系统在配体门控离子通道中麻醉剂结合位点的生物化学表征需要 使用蛋白质化学核心设施通常不具备的高度专业化技术， 通常不接受用于Edman降解或质谱分析的放射性样品。的 在膜蛋白的疏水结构域中鉴定药物结合位点， 通过Edman降解或质谱进行肽分离和表征的独特问题 光谱法核心的职能是提供适当的设备和高技能的蛋白质 化学家谁可以直接与研究项目互动，以开发和执行适当的 研究策略，并教育研究人员必要的蛋白质化学技术， 无论是在核心还是在研究人员的实验室进行。 相关性（参见说明）： 脑中的GABA受体是许多临床使用的不同化学物质的麻醉剂的主要作用部位 结构，但在GABAARS或结构中的麻醉剂结合位点的数量和位置 相关的烟碱乙酰胆碱和5-羟色胺5-HT 3受体仍然未知。该核心提供了 识别这些结合位点所需的资源。

CORE C: Protein Chemistry Core The Protein Chemistry Core will continue to provide for the research groups in the Program Project the technical expertise and equipment required for the isolation and sequence analysis of receptor fragments containing the sites of photoincorporation by general anesthetics. In addition, the Core provides computational resources for the molecular modeling that is necessary to interpret the protein chemistry results in terms of models of receptor structure and to provide guidance in the design of mutational analyses necessary to define the energetic contributions to anesthetic binding. The Core is under the supervision of Dr. Cohen and is located in his laboratory. Major equipment cunrently available in the Core include (i) an Applied Biosystems 492 Precise automated Protein Sequenator and in-line amino acid analyzer; and (ii) 2 Agilent 1100 HPLCs equipped with UV and fluorescence detectors; and (iii) an Agilent 1100 capillary LC system. The biochemical characterization of anesthetic binding sites in ligand-gated ion channels requires the use of highly specialized techniques not normally available in protein chemistry core facilities which usually do not accept radioactive samples either for Edman degradation or mass spectrometry. The identification of drug binding sites within the hydrophobic domains of integral membrane proteins poses unique problems for peptide isolation and characterization by either Edman degradation or mass spectrometry. It is the function of the Core to provide the appropriate equipment and highly skilled protein chemists who can interact directly with the research projects to develop and carry out the appropriate research strategies and to educate the investigators about the necessary protein chemistry techniques to be carried out either in the Core or in the investigator's lab. RELEVANCE (See instructions): GABAARS in the brain are a major site of action of many clinically used anesthetics of diverse chemical structure, but the number and location of anesthetic binding sites within GABAARS or in the structurally related nicotinic acetylcholine and serotonin 5-HT3 receptors remains unknown. This Core provides the resources necessary to identify these binding sites.