Gating movement in acetylcholine receptor analysed by time- resolved electron cryo-microscopy (open class)
by helical reconstruction, at 6.2 A resolution

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Entry | |
| Summary | |
| Database / ID | PORTEIN DATA BANK (PDB) / 4aq9 |
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| Title | Gating movement in acetylcholine receptor analysed by time- resolved electron cryo-microscopy (open class) |
| Descriptor | ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ALPHA ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR DELTA SUBUNIT ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR GAMMA SUBUNIT |
| Keywords | MEMBRANE PROTEIN, FREEZE-TRAPPING, ASYMMETRIC GATING, ALLOSTERIC MECHANISM |
| Authors | Unwin, N., Fujiyoshi, Y. |
| Date | Deposition: 2012-04-13, Release: 2012-08-01 |
| PDBj Mine pages | Summary, Structural Details, Experimental Details, Functional Details |
| Other databases | RCSB-PDB, PDBe, CATH, CE, FSSP, SCOP, VAST |
| Structure Visualization | |
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| Related Structure Data | |
| Related Entries |
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Article | |
| Citation - primary | |
| Article | J. Mol. Biol., Vol. 422, Issue 5, Page 617-34, Year 2012 |
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| Title | Gating movement of acetylcholine receptor caught by plunge-freezing. |
| Authors | Nigel Unwin, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK. |
| Keywords | Acetylcholine (metabolism, 51-84-3), Allosteric Regulation, Animals, Cryoelectron Microscopy (methods), Ion Channel Gating, Models, Biological, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Receptors, Cholinergic (chemistry), Torpedo |
| Links | PII: S0022-2836(12)00577-3, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.07.010, PubMed: 22841691, PMC: PMC3443390 |
Components | |
| ID 1 : ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ALPHA | |
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| Description | ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ALPHA |
| Type | polymer |
| Formula weight | 52846.148 Da |
| Number of molecules | 2 |
| Details | PROTEIN IS EMBEDDED IN POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE ISOLATED FROM TORPEDO MARMORATA ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Source | Method: Isolated from a natural source Common name: MARBLED ELECTRIC RAY Details: STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF Cell: ELECTROCYTE Cell line: ELECTROCYTE CELLS NCBI taxonomy: ID:7788Organ: PLASMA MEMBRANE Organism scientific: TORPEDO MARMORATA Tissue: ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Links | UniProt: P02711, Sequence view |
| ID 2 : ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT | |
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| Description | ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT |
| Type | polymer |
| Formula weight | 56124.336 Da |
| Number of molecules | 1 |
| Details | PROTEIN IS EMBEDDED IN POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE ISOLATED FROM TORPEDO MARMORATA ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Source | Method: Isolated from a natural source Common name: MARBLED ELECTRIC RAY Details: STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF Cell: ELECTROCYTE Cell line: ELECTROCYTE CELLS NCBI taxonomy: ID:7788Organ: PLASMA MEMBRANE Organism scientific: TORPEDO MARMORATA Tissue: ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Links | UniProt: Q6S3I0, Sequence view |
| ID 3 : ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR DELTA SUBUNIT | |
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| Description | ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR DELTA SUBUNIT |
| Type | polymer |
| Formula weight | 60018.355 Da |
| Number of molecules | 1 |
| Details | PROTEIN IS EMBEDDED IN POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE ISOLATED FROM TORPEDO MARMORATA ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Source | Method: Isolated from a natural source Common name: MARBLED ELECTRIC RAY Details: STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF Cell: ELECTROCYTE Cell line: ELECTROCYTE CELLS NCBI taxonomy: ID:7788Organ: PLASMA MEMBRANE Organism scientific: TORPEDO MARMORATA Tissue: ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Links | UniProt: Q6S3H8, Sequence view |
| ID 4 : ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR GAMMA SUBUNIT | |
| Image | ![]() ![]() |
| Description | ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR GAMMA SUBUNIT |
| Type | polymer |
| Formula weight | 56235.281 Da |
| Number of molecules | 1 |
| Details | PROTEIN IS EMBEDDED IN POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE ISOLATED FROM TORPEDO MARMORATA ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Source | Method: Isolated from a natural source Common name: TORPEDO ELECTRIC RAY Details: STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF Cell: ELECTROCYTE Cell line: ELECTROCYTE CELLS NCBI taxonomy: ID:7788Organ: PLASMA MEMBRANE Organism scientific: TORPEDO MARMORATA Tissue: ELECTRIC ORGAN |
| Links | UniProt: Q6S3H9, Sequence view |
Sample | |
| Assembly | |
| Aggregation state | FILAMENT |
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| Details | PRELIMINARY SELECTION BY OPTICAL DIFFRACTION THEN EVALUATION OF FOURIER TRANSFORMS |
| Name | NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR IN NATIVE POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE FROM TORPEDO MARMORATA |
| Buffer | |
| Name | 100MM SODIUM CACODYLATE, 1MM CALCIUM CHLORIDE |
| Experiment | |
| Reconstruction method | HELICAL |
| Specimen type | VITREOUS ICE |
| Sample preparation | |
| pH | 7.0 |
| Sample support | |
| Details | HOLEY CARBON |
| Vitrification | |
| Details | VITRIFICATION 1 -- CRYOGEN- ETHANE, HUMIDITY- 85 TEMPERATURE- 120 INSTRUMENT- HOMEMADE PLUNGER METHOD- BLOT UNTIL APPLIED DROPLET LOSES CONTACT WITH FILTER PAPER (INDICATED BY LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY TYPICALLY 6S) TIMERESOLVEDSTATE- VITRIFIED WITHIN 10MS OF EXPOSURE TO ACETYLCHOLINE (APPLIED AS THE GRID IS BEING PLUNGED USING A FINE FOCUSSED SPRAY POSITIONED ABOUT 1CM ABOVE THE ETHANE SURFACE) DETAILS- VITRIFICATION CARRIED OUT AT AN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 8 DEGREES |
Electron Microscopy | |
| Imaging | |
| Microscope | model: JEOL 3000FS |
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| Date | 2005-11-01 |
| Details | STANDARD LOW DOSE IMAGING OF SPECIMENS OVER HOLES IN THE CARBON SUPPORT FILM |
| Electron gun | |
| Electron source | FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Accelerating voltage | 300 kV |
| Electron dose | 25 e/A**2 |
| Illumination mode | FLOOD BEAM |
| Lens | |
| Mode | BRIGHT FIELD |
| Magnification | calibrated: 38500 X, nominal: 40000 X |
| Cs | nominal: 1.6 mm |
| Nominal defocus | max: 2000 nm, min: 900 nm |
| Specimen holder | |
| Temperature | 4 Kelvin |
| Detector | |
| Type | KODAK SO163 FILM |
| Image scans | |
| Number digital images | 123 |
Processing | |
| 2D projection selection | |
| Software name | MRC AND OWN PROGRAMS |
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| 3D reconstruction | |
| Actual pixel size | 1.0 A/pix |
| CTF correction method | EACH TUBE IMAGE |
| Details | FOURIER-BESSEL SYNTHESIS AFTER APPLYING DISTORTION CORRECTIONS TO THE IMAGES SUBMISSION BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL DATA FROM EMDB EMD-2072. |
| Magnification calibration | CALIBRATION GRID IN MICROSCOPE |
| Method | STANDARD FOURIER-BESSEL SYNTHESIS |
| Nominal pixel size | 1.0 A/pix |
| Resolution | 6.2 A |
| 3D fitting | |
| Method | MAXIMISATION OF CORRELATION BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL DENSITIES AND ATOMIC MODEL, USING A DEFORMABLE ELASTIC NETWORK ALGORITHM (DIREX) |
| Refinement Protocol | LOW RESOLUTION X-RAY |
| Refinement Space | REAL |
| 3D fitting list | |
| PDB entry ID | 2BG9 |
| Refine | |
| Ls d res high | 6.20 A |
| ID | 1 |
| Refine hist | |
| D res high | 6.20 |
| Total atoms | 14924 |
| Protein atoms | 14924 |
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| PDB format | |||
| All | pdb4aq9.ent.gz pdb4aq9.ent (uncompressed file) | ||
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| Header only | pdb4aq9.ent.gz | ||
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| mmCIF | 4aq9.cif.gz | ||
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| All | 4aq9.xml.gz | ||
| No-atom | 4aq9-noatom.xml.gz | ||
| Ext-atom | 4aq9-extatom.xml.gz | ||
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