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Gating of nicotinic ACh receptors: latest insights into ligand binding and function Yakel JLJ Physiol 2010[Feb]; 588 (Pt 4): 597-602Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are in the superfamily of cys-loop receptors, and are widely expressed in the nervous system where they participate in a variety of physiological functions, including regulating excitability and neurotransmitter release, as well as neuromuscular contraction. Members of the cys-loop family of receptors, which also includes the molluscan ACh-binding protein (AChBP), a soluble protein that is analogous to the extracellular ligand-binding domain of the cys-loop receptors, are pentameric assemblies of five subunits, with each subunit arranged around a central pore. The binding of ACh to the extracellular interface between two subunits induces channel opening. With the recent 4 A resolution of the Torpedo nAChR, and the crystal structure of the AChBP, much has been learned about the structure of the ligand-binding domain and the channel pore, as well as major structural rearrangements that may confer channel opening, including a major rearrangement of the C-loop within the ligand binding pocket, and perhaps other regions including the F-loop (the beta8-beta9 linker), the beta1-beta2 linker and the cys-loop. Here I will review the latest findings from my lab aimed at a further understanding of the function of the neuronal nAChR channels (and in particular the role of desensitization), and our search for novel AChBP species that may lead to a further understanding of the function of the cys-loop receptor family.|*Ion Channel Gating[MESH]|Animals[MESH]|Carrier Proteins/metabolism[MESH]|Protein Binding[MESH]|Protein Structure, Tertiary[MESH]|Receptors, Nicotinic/*chemistry/*physiology[MESH] |