Two Amino Acid Residues Contribute to a Cation-π Binding Interaction in the Binding Site of an Insect GABA Receptor

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Figure 5.
Figure 5.

A–C, GABA docked into GABA receptor models of RDL (A), GABAA (B), and GABAC (C) receptors, which have cation-π interaction with different residues in the binding site (loop B Tyr, loop A Tyr, and loops B and C Tyrs, respectively). D, Example of multiple aromatic residues contributing to a cation-π interaction in the enzyme gai 1 (Gallivan and Dougherty, 2000).

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 31 no. 34 12371-12376
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