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PDB ID3mra  sequence information (FASTA format)   
DescriptorNICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR
TitleM3 TRANSMEMBRANE SEGMENT OF ALPHA-SUBUNIT OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR FROM TORPEDO CALIFORNICA, NMR, 15 STRUCTURES
Functional KeywordsTRANSMEMBRANE SEGMENT M3 OF NACHR, RECEPTOR, ION-CHANNEL, MEMBRANE PROTEIN, TRANSMEMBRANE SEGMENT, ALPHA-HELIX
Biological sourceTorpedo californica (Pacific electric ray)
Cellular location [UNP - ACHA_TORCA] Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein
Organ sourceELECTRIC ORGAN
Total number of polymer chains1
Total molecular weight2951.6 (the details in Structural Details Page)
AuthorsLugovskoy, A.A. , Maslennikov, I.V. , Utkin, Y.N. , Tsetlin, V.I. , Cohen, J.B. , Arseniev, A.S. (deposition date : 1997-07-15, release date : 1998-01-21)
Primary citationLugovskoy, A.A. , Maslennikov, I.V. , Utkin, Y.N. , Tsetlin, V.I. , Cohen, J.B. , Arseniev, A.S.
Spatial structure of the M3 transmembrane segment of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit.
Eur.J.Biochem., 255:455 - 461, 1998.(PubMed : 9716388)  (DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2550455.x)
Experimental methodSOLUTION NMR
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