Covalent attachment of antagonists to the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: synthesis and reactivity of substituted maleimides

Date

2012

Authors

Ambrus, Joseph
Halliday, Jill
Kanizaj, Nicholas
Absalom, Nathan
Harpsoe, Kaspar
Balle, Thomas
Chebib, Mary
McLeod, Malcolm

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Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

The 3-methylmaleimide congeners of the natural product methyllycaconitine (MLA) and an analogue covalently attach to functional cysteine mutants of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR).

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Keywords: bungarotoxin receptor; cysteine; maleimide; methyllycaconitine; nicotinic receptor blocking agent; article; controlled study; covalent bond; mutant; proton nuclear magnetic resonance; substitution reaction; synthesis; Animals; Maleimides; Models, Biologic

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Chemical Communications

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