Crystallographic Studies with Xenon and Nitrous Oxide Provide Evidence for Protein-dependent Processes in the Mechanisms of General Anesthesia
Abraini, J.H., Marassio, G., David, H.N., Vallone, B., Prange, T., Colloc'h, N.(2014) Anesthesiology 121: 1018-1027
- PubMed: 25211169 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000000435
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4NWE, 4NWH, 4NXA, 4NXC, 4O4T, 4O4Z - PubMed Abstract: 
The mechanisms by which general anesthetics, including xenon and nitrous oxide, act are only beginning to be discovered. However, structural approaches revealed weak but specific protein-gas interactions.
Organizational Affiliation: 
From the Faculté de Médecine, Université de Caen Basse Normandie, Normandie-Université, Caen, France (J.H.A., G.M.); Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France (J.H.A.); Département d'Anesthésiologie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec, Canada (J.H.A., H.N.D.); Centre de Recherche Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, CSSS Alphonse-Desjardins, Lévis, Québec, Canada (H.N.D.); Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy (B.V.); LCRB UMR 8015, Université Paris Descartes-CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France (T.P.); ISTCT UMR 6301, CNRS, CERVOxy group, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France (N.C.); ISTCT UMR 6301, Université de Caen Basse Normandie, Normandie-Université, Caen, France (N.C.); and ISTCT UMR 6301, CEA DSV/I2BM, Caen, France (N.C.).