Binding modes and functional surface of anti-mammalian scorpion α-toxins to sodium channels

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2012

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Chen, Rong
Chung, Shin-Ho

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American Chemical Society

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Scorpion α-toxins bind to the voltage-sensing domains of voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels and interfere with the inactivation mechanisms. The functional surface of α-toxins has been shown to contain an NC-domain consisting of the five-residue turn (p

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Keywords: Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations; Binding modes; Binding pockets; C-terminus; Dissociation constant; Extracellular; Functional surfaces; Hydrophobic clusters; Inactivation mechanisms; Molecular dynamics simulations; Salt bridges; Sodium channel; B

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Biochemistry

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