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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanism of binding of toxin MT2 from venom of green mamba Dendroaspis angusticeps to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors from rat cerebral cortex was investigated by studying the kinetics of the toxin-receptor interaction. The muscarinic antagonist N-methyl-[3H]scopolamine was used as a 'reporter' ligand. Evidence for a mechanism of toxin-receptor interaction comprising at least two steps was obtained. Such a mechanism increases the potency of the toxin. The first step was fast with no competition between the toxin and the antagonist. The second step was slow with formation of a more stable toxin-receptor complex and inhibition of the antagonist binding. It is proposed that the snake toxin is a muscarinic agonist of slow action.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
352
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Two-step binding of green mamba toxin to muscarinic acetylcholine receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Chemical Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't