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Database: EMDB / ID: EMD-47481
TitleTorpedo muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor - Unliganded State
Map dataUnsharpened map
Sample
  • Complex: Torpedo muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit beta
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit delta
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit gamma
  • Ligand: (2S)-3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9Z)-octadec-9-enoyloxy]propyl 2-(trimethylammonio)ethyl phosphate
KeywordsNicotinic acetylcholine receptor / Ion channel / Cys-loop receptor / Pentameric ligand-gated ion channel / Neurotransmitter-gated receptor / Ligand-gated ion channel / Primed state / MEMBRANE PROTEIN
Function / homology
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acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity / transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential / transmembrane signaling receptor activity / postsynaptic membrane
Similarity search - Function
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel, conserved site / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channels signature. / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel transmembrane domain / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel transmembrane region / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel transmembrane domain superfamily / Neuronal acetylcholine receptor / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel ligand-binding domain / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel ligand-binding domain superfamily / Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel ligand binding domain
Similarity search - Domain/homology
Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha / Acetylcholine receptor subunit beta / Acetylcholine receptor subunit gamma / Acetylcholine receptor subunit delta
Similarity search - Component
Biological speciesTetronarce californica (Pacific electric ray)
Methodsingle particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 3.2 Å
AuthorsThompson MJ / Nury H / Zarkadas E / Baenziger JE
Funding support Canada, European Union, 6 items
OrganizationGrant numberCountry
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)175223 Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada)RGPIN-2022-04723 Canada
European Research Council (ERC)637733European Union
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada)RGPIN-2016-04801 Canada
Canada Foundation for Innovation34475 Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)377068 Canada
CitationJournal: Science / Year: 2025
Title: Asynchronous subunit transitions prime acetylcholine receptor activation.
Authors: Mackenzie J Thompson / Christian J G Tessier / Anna Ananchenko / Camille Hénault / Johnathon R Emlaw / François Dehez / Eleftherios Zarkadas / Corrie J B daCosta / Hugues Nury / John E Baenziger /
Abstract: Communication at synapses is facilitated by postsynaptic receptors, which convert a chemical signal into an electrical response. For ligand-gated ion channels, agonist binding triggers rapid ...Communication at synapses is facilitated by postsynaptic receptors, which convert a chemical signal into an electrical response. For ligand-gated ion channels, agonist binding triggers rapid transitions through intermediate states leading to a transient open-pore conformation, with these transitions shaping the post-synaptic response. Here, we determine structures of the muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in unliganded, mono-liganded, and di-liganded states. Agonist binding to a single site stabilizes a closed structure where an entire principal agonist-binding subunit transitions to an active-like conformation, while the other unoccupied principal subunit remains inactive, albeit poised for activation. Uniting this intermediate structure with single-channel recordings informs a sequential activation mechanism where asynchronous subunit transitions prime the receptor for activation, a finding with implications for an entire superfamily of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels.
History
DepositionOct 23, 2024-
Header (metadata) releaseOct 8, 2025-
Map releaseOct 8, 2025-
UpdateOct 15, 2025-
Current statusOct 15, 2025Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released

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FileDownload / File: emd_47481.map.gz / Format: CCP4 / Size: 64 MB / Type: IMAGE STORED AS FLOATING POINT NUMBER (4 BYTES)
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= 293.12 Å		1.15 Å/pix.
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= 293.12 Å		1.15 Å/pix.
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= 293.12 Å

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Voxel sizeX=Y=Z: 1.145 Å
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Contour LevelBy AUTHOR: 0.2
Minimum - Maximum-0.29051763 - 0.74551225
Average (Standard dev.)0.0001438959 (±0.024917496)
SymmetrySpace group: 1
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Axis orderXYZ
Origin000
Dimensions256256256
Spacing256256256
CellA=B=C: 293.12 Å
α=β=γ: 90.0 °

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Entire : Torpedo muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

EntireName: Torpedo muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Components
  • Complex: Torpedo muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit beta
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit delta
    • Protein or peptide: Acetylcholine receptor subunit gamma
  • Ligand: (2S)-3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9Z)-octadec-9-enoyloxy]propyl 2-(trimethylammonio)ethyl phosphate

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Supramolecule #1: Torpedo muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

SupramoleculeName: Torpedo muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: #1-#4
Source (natural)Organism: Tetronarce californica (Pacific electric ray)
Molecular weightTheoretical: 250 KDa

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Macromolecule #1: Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha

MacromoleculeName: Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Number of copies: 2 / Enantiomer: LEVO
Source (natural)Organism: Tetronarce californica (Pacific electric ray)
Molecular weightTheoretical: 50.168164 KDa
SequenceString: SEHETRLVAN LLENYNKVIR PVEHHTHFVD ITVGLQLIQL ISVDEVNQIV ETNVRLRQQW IDVRLRWNPA DYGGIKKIRL PSDDVWLPD LVLYNNADGD FAIVHMTKLL LDYTGKIMWT PPAIFKSYCE IIVTHFPFDQ QNCTMKLGIW TYDGTKVSIS P ESDRPDLS ...String:
SEHETRLVAN LLENYNKVIR PVEHHTHFVD ITVGLQLIQL ISVDEVNQIV ETNVRLRQQW IDVRLRWNPA DYGGIKKIRL PSDDVWLPD LVLYNNADGD FAIVHMTKLL LDYTGKIMWT PPAIFKSYCE IIVTHFPFDQ QNCTMKLGIW TYDGTKVSIS P ESDRPDLS TFMESGEWVM KDYRGWKHWV YYTCCPDTPY LDITYHFIMQ RIPLYFVVNV IIPCLLFSFL TGLVFYLPTD SG EKMTLSI SVLLSLTVFL LVIVELIPST SSAVPLIGKY MLFTMIFVIS SIIITVVVIN THHRSPSTHT MPQWVRKIFI DTI PNVMFF STMKRASKEK QENKIFADDI DISDISGKQV TGEVIFQTPL IKNPDVKSAI EGVKYIAEHM KSDEESSNAA EEWK YVAMV IDHILLCVFM LICIIGTVSV FAGRLIELSQ EG

UniProtKB: Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha

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Macromolecule #2: Acetylcholine receptor subunit beta

MacromoleculeName: Acetylcholine receptor subunit beta / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 2 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO
Source (natural)Organism: Tetronarce californica (Pacific electric ray)
Molecular weightTheoretical: 53.731773 KDa
SequenceString: SVMEDTLLSV LFETYNPKVR PAQTVGDKVT VRVGLTLTNL LILNEKIEEM TTNVFLNLAW TDYRLQWDPA AYEGIKDLRI PSSDVWQPD IVLMNNNDGS FEITLHVNVL VQHTGAVSWQ PSAIYRSSCT IKVMYFPFDW QNCTMVFKSY TYDTSEVTLQ H ALDAKGER ...String:
SVMEDTLLSV LFETYNPKVR PAQTVGDKVT VRVGLTLTNL LILNEKIEEM TTNVFLNLAW TDYRLQWDPA AYEGIKDLRI PSSDVWQPD IVLMNNNDGS FEITLHVNVL VQHTGAVSWQ PSAIYRSSCT IKVMYFPFDW QNCTMVFKSY TYDTSEVTLQ H ALDAKGER EVKEIVINKD AFTENGQWSI EHKPSRKNWR SDDPSYEDVT FYLIIQRKPL FYIVYTIIPC ILISILAILV FY LPPDAGE KMSLSISALL AVTVFLLLLA DKVPETSLSV PIIIRYLMFI MILVAFSVIL SVVVLNLHHR SPNTHTMPNW IRQ IFIETL PPFLWIQRPV TTPSPDSKPT IISRANDEYF IRKPAGDFVC PVDNARVAVQ PERLFSEMKW HLNGLTQPVT LPQD LKEAV EAIKYIAEQL ESASEFDDLK KDWQYVAMVA DRLFLYVFFV ICSIGTFSIF LDASHNVPPD NPFA

UniProtKB: Acetylcholine receptor subunit beta

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Macromolecule #3: Acetylcholine receptor subunit delta

MacromoleculeName: Acetylcholine receptor subunit delta / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 3 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO
Source (natural)Organism: Tetronarce californica (Pacific electric ray)
Molecular weightTheoretical: 57.625711 KDa
SequenceString: VNEEERLIND LLIVNKYNKH VRPVKHNNEV VNIALSLTLS NLISLKETDE TLTSNVWMDH AWYDHRLTWN ASEYSDISIL RLPPELVWI PDIVLQNNND GQYHVAYFCN VLVRPNGYVT WLPPAIFRSS CPINVLYFPF DWQNCSLKFT ALNYDANEIT M DLMTDTID ...String:
VNEEERLIND LLIVNKYNKH VRPVKHNNEV VNIALSLTLS NLISLKETDE TLTSNVWMDH AWYDHRLTWN ASEYSDISIL RLPPELVWI PDIVLQNNND GQYHVAYFCN VLVRPNGYVT WLPPAIFRSS CPINVLYFPF DWQNCSLKFT ALNYDANEIT M DLMTDTID GKDYPIEWII IDPEAFTENG EWEIIHKPAK KNIYPDKFPN GTNYQDVTFY LIIRRKPLFY VINFITPCVL IS FLASLAF YLPAESGEKM STAISVLLAQ AVFLLLTSQR LPETALAVPL IGKYLMFIMS LVTGVIVNCG IVLNFHFRTP STH VLSTRV KQIFLEKLPR ILHMSRADES EQPDWQNDLK LRRSSSVGYI SKAQEYFNIK SRSELMFEKQ SERHGLVPRV TPRI GFGNN NENIAASDQL HDEIKSGIDS TNYIVKQIKE KNAYDEEVGN WNLVGQTIDR LSMFIITPVM VLGTIFIFVM GNFNH PPAK PFEGDPFDYS SDHPRCA

UniProtKB: Acetylcholine receptor subunit delta

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Macromolecule #4: Acetylcholine receptor subunit gamma

MacromoleculeName: Acetylcholine receptor subunit gamma / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 4 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO
Source (natural)Organism: Tetronarce californica (Pacific electric ray)
Molecular weightTheoretical: 56.206574 KDa
SequenceString: NEEGRLIEKL LGDYDKRIIP AKTLDHIIDV TLKLTLTNLI SLNEKEEALT TNVWIEIQWN DYRLSWNTSE YEGIDLVRIP SELLWLPDV VLENNVDGQF EVAYYANVLV YNDGSMYWLP PAIYRSTCPI AVTYFPFDWQ NCSLVFRSQT YNAHEVNLQL S AEEGEAVE ...String:
NEEGRLIEKL LGDYDKRIIP AKTLDHIIDV TLKLTLTNLI SLNEKEEALT TNVWIEIQWN DYRLSWNTSE YEGIDLVRIP SELLWLPDV VLENNVDGQF EVAYYANVLV YNDGSMYWLP PAIYRSTCPI AVTYFPFDWQ NCSLVFRSQT YNAHEVNLQL S AEEGEAVE WIHIDPEDFT ENGEWTIRHR PAKKNYNWQL TKDDTDFQEI IFFLIIQRKP LFYIINIIAP CVLISSLVVL VY FLPAQAG GQKCTLSISV LLAQTIFLFL IAQKVPETSL NVPLIGKYLI FVMFVSMLIV MNCVIVLNVS LRTPNTHSLS EKI KHLFLG FLPKYLGMQL EPSEETPEKP QPRRRSSFGI MIKAEEYILK KPRSELMFEE QKDRHGLKRV NKMTSDIDIG TTVD LYKDL ANFAPEIKSC VEACNFIAKS TKEQNDSGSE NENWVLIGKV IDKACFWIAL LLFSIGTLAI FLTGHFNQVP EFPFP GDPR KYVP

UniProtKB: Acetylcholine receptor subunit gamma

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Macromolecule #9: (2S)-3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9Z)-octadec-9-enoyloxy]propyl 2-(tri...

MacromoleculeName: (2S)-3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9Z)-octadec-9-enoyloxy]propyl 2-(trimethylammonio)ethyl phosphate
type: ligand / ID: 9 / Number of copies: 8 / Formula: POV
Molecular weightTheoretical: 760.076 Da
Chemical component information

ChemComp-POV:
(2S)-3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9Z)-octadec-9-enoyloxy]propyl 2-(trimethylammonio)ethyl phosphate / phospholipid*YM

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Experimental details

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Structure determination

Methodcryo EM
Processingsingle particle reconstruction
Aggregation stateparticle

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Sample preparation

Concentration0.65 mg/mL
BufferpH: 7.4
Component:
ConcentrationFormulaName
25.0 mMTris-HClTris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane hydrochloride
125.0 mMNaClsodium chloride
GridModel: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: GOLD / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE
VitrificationCryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
DetailsSample was monodisperce but suffered from orientation bias.

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MicroscopeTFS GLACIOS
Image recordingFilm or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: COUNTING / Average electron dose: 40.0 e/Å2
Electron beamAcceleration voltage: 200 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Electron opticsIllumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Cs: 2.7 mm / Nominal defocus max: 2.2 µm / Nominal defocus min: 0.7000000000000001 µm
Sample stageCooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN

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Particle selectionNumber selected: 664005
CTF correctionSoftware - Name: CTFFIND (ver. 4.0) / Type: PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION
Startup modelType of model: PDB ENTRY
PDB model - PDB ID:

7qko

Final reconstructionApplied symmetry - Point group: C1 (asymmetric) / Algorithm: FOURIER SPACE / Resolution.type: BY AUTHOR / Resolution: 3.2 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 4.0) / Number images used: 169980
Initial angle assignmentType: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 4.0)
Final angle assignmentType: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 4.0)

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