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Ethanol Modulation is Quantitatively Determined by the Transmembrane Domain of Human α 1 Glycine Receptors

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Mutagenesis and labeling studies have identified amino acids from the human α1 glycine receptor (GlyR) extracellular, transmembrane (TM), and intracellular domains in mediating ethanol (EtOH) potentiation. However, limited high-resolution structural data for physiologically relevant receptors in this Cys-loop receptor superfamily have made pinpointing the critical amino acids difficult. Homologous ion channels from lower organisms provide conserved models for structural and functional properties of Cys-loop receptors. We previously demonstrated that a single amino acid variant of the Gloeobacter violaceus ligand-gated ion channel (GLIC) produced EtOH and anesthetic sensitivity similar to that of GlyRs and provided crystallographic evidence for EtOH binding to GLIC.

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pasteur-01721547 , version 1 (02-03-2018)

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Suzzane Horani, Evan P. Stater, Pierre-Jean Corringer, James Trudell, R. Adron Harris, et al.. Ethanol Modulation is Quantitatively Determined by the Transmembrane Domain of Human α 1 Glycine Receptors. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2015, 39 (6), pp.962 - 968. ⟨10.1111/acer.12735⟩. ⟨pasteur-01721547⟩
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