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Affinity purification of a chimeric nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the agonist and antagonist bound states. 2011

Shenping Liu, and Merrill S Babcock, and Jacob Bode, and Jeanne S Chang, and H David Fischer, and Robert L Garlick, and Gurnam S Gill, and Eric T Lund, and Brandon J Margolis, and W Rodney Mathews, and Bruce N Rogers, and Mark Wolfe, and Vince Groppi, and Eric T Baldwin

Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, United States. shenping.liu@pfizer.com

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) form ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast signal transmission at synapses. These receptors are members of a large family of pentameric ion channels that are of active medical interest. An expression system utilizing a chimerical construct of the N-terminal extracellular ligand binding domain of alpha7 type nAChR and the C-terminal transmembrane portion of 5HT3 type receptor resulted high level of expressions. Two ligand affinity chromatography purification methods for this receptor have been developed. One method relies on the covalent immobilization of a high affinity small molecule alpha7 nAChR agonist, (R)-5-(4-aminophenyl)-N-(quinuclidin-3-yl) furan-2-carboxamide, and the other uses mono biotinylated alpha-bungarotoxin, an antagonist, that forms a quasi-irreversible complex with alpha7 nAChR. Detergent solubilized alpha7/5HT(3) chimeric receptors were selectively retained on the affinity resins and could be eluted with free ligand or biotin. The proteins purified by both methods were characterized by gel electrophoresis, mass spectra, amino acid composition analysis, and N-terminal sequence determination. These analyses confirmed the isolation of a mature alpha7/5HT(3) receptor with the signal peptide removed. These results suggest a scalable path forward to generate multi-milligram amounts of purified complexes for additional studies including protein crystallization.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008969	Molecular Sequence Data	Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.	Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D011485	Protein Binding	The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments.	Plasma Protein Binding Capacity,Binding, Protein
D011978	Receptors, Nicotinic	One of the two major classes of cholinergic receptors. Nicotinic receptors were originally distinguished by their preference for NICOTINE over MUSCARINE. They are generally divided into muscle-type and neuronal-type (previously ganglionic) based on pharmacology, and subunit composition of the receptors.	Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors,Nicotinic Receptors,Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor,Nicotinic Receptor,Acetylcholine Receptor, Nicotinic,Acetylcholine Receptors, Nicotinic,Receptor, Nicotinic,Receptor, Nicotinic Acetylcholine,Receptors, Nicotinic Acetylcholine
D011993	Recombinant Fusion Proteins	Recombinant proteins produced by the GENETIC TRANSLATION of fused genes formed by the combination of NUCLEIC ACID REGULATORY SEQUENCES of one or more genes with the protein coding sequences of one or more genes.	Fusion Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Protein,Recombinant Fusion Protein,Recombinant Hybrid Protein,Chimeric Proteins, Recombinant,Hybrid Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Proteins,Recombinant Hybrid Proteins,Chimeric Protein, Recombinant,Fusion Protein, Recombinant,Hybrid Protein, Recombinant,Protein, Recombinant Chimeric,Protein, Recombinant Fusion,Protein, Recombinant Hybrid,Proteins, Recombinant Chimeric,Proteins, Recombinant Fusion,Proteins, Recombinant Hybrid
D002846	Chromatography, Affinity	A chromatographic technique that utilizes the ability of biological molecules, often ANTIBODIES, to bind to certain ligands specifically and reversibly. It is used in protein biochemistry. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Chromatography, Bioaffinity,Immunochromatography,Affinity Chromatography,Bioaffinity Chromatography
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000595	Amino Acid Sequence	The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION.	Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014461	Ultracentrifugation	Centrifugation with a centrifuge that develops centrifugal fields of more than 100,000 times gravity. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus