Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Illumination of a progressive allosteric mechanism mediating the glycine receptor activation

  • Sophie Shi,
  • Solène N. Lefebvre,
  • Laurie Peverini,
  • Adrien H. Cerdan,
  • Paula Milán Rodríguez,
  • Marc Gielen,
  • Jean-Pierre Changeux,
  • Marco Cecchini,
  • Pierre-Jean Corringer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36471-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Glycine receptors are channel receptors mediating signal transduction between neurons that transit between resting and open states upon neurotransmitter binding. Here, the authors illuminate a progressive transition of opening by combining voltage-clamp fluorometry and molecular dynamics.