Mapping of the alpha-bungarotoxin binding site within the alpha subunit of the acetylcholine receptor.
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 83 (9), 3008-3011
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.9.3008
Abstract
Synthetic peptides and their respective antibodies have been used in order to map the .alpha.-bungarotoxin binding site within the .alpha.-subunit of the acetylcholine receptor. By using antibodies to a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues 169-181 of the .alpha. subunit, we demonstrate that this sequence is included within the 18-kDa toxin binding fragment previously reported. Furthermore, the 18-kDa fragment was also found to bind a monoclonal antibody (5.5) directed against the cholinergic binding site. Sequential proteolysis of the acetylcholine receptor with trypsin, prior to Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease digestion, resulted in a 15-kDa toxin binding fragment that is included within the 18-kDa fragment but is shorter than it only at its carboxyl terminus. This 15-kDa fragment therefore initiates beyond Asp-152 and terminates in the region of Arg-313/Lys-314. In addition, experiments are reported that indicate that in the intact acetylcholine receptor, Cys-128 and/or Cys-142 are not crosslinked by disulfide bridges with any of the cysteines (at positions 192, 193, and 222) that reside in the 15-kDa toxin binding fragment. Finally, the synthetic dodecapeptide Lys-His-Trp-Val-Tyr-Tyr-Thr-Cys-Cys-Pro-Asp-Thr, which is present in the 15-kDa fragment (corresponding to residues 185-196 of the .alpha. subunit) was shown to bind .alpha.-bungarotoxin directly. This binding was completely inhibited by competition with d-tubocurarine.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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