NMR structure of alpha-bungarotoxin free and bound to a mimotope of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Scarselli, M., Spiga, O., Ciutti, A., Bernini, A., Bracci, L., Lelli, B., Lozzi, L., Calamandrei, D., Di Maro, D., Klein, S., Niccolai, N.(2002) Biochemistry 41: 1457-1463
- PubMed: 11814338 
- DOI: 10.1021/bi011012f
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1IKC, 1IK8, 1HOY, 1JBD - PubMed Abstract: 
A combinatorial library approach was used to produce synthetic peptides mimicking the snake neurotoxin binding site of nicotinic receptors. Among the sequences, which inhibited binding of alpha-bungarotoxin to muscle and neuronal nicotinic receptors, HRYYESSLPWYPD, a 14-amino acid peptide with considerably higher toxin-binding affinity than the other synthesized peptides, was selected, and the structure of its complex with the toxin was analyzed by NMR ...