X-ray structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel in an apparently open conformation

By N. Bocquet, H. Nury, Marc Baaden, C. L. Poupon, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Marc Delarue, P. Corringer. Nature, 2009

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The RCSB Protein Data Bank: views of structural biology for basic and applied research and education (2014, background): “In addition, special Jmol (27) scripts have been developed to orient symmetric complexes in standard orientations along symmetry axes and display symmetry elements (Figure 1b), PDB ID 3EAM (28), PDB ID 1YA7 (29), PDB ID 1SHS (30), PDB ID 1IFD (31).”
Nicotinic receptors: allosteric transitions and therapeutic targets in the nervous system (2009, background): “The X-ray structure of the bacterial Gloeobacter violaceus pentameric ligand-gated ion channel (GLIC), a nAChR homologue, reveals lipid molecules intermingled with TM3–TM1 and TM4 (Ref”
Structure-based drug discovery and protein targets in the CNS. (2011, background): “In addition, the structure of the complete ion channel of more remote homologues from bacteria (Gloeobacter violaceus and Erwinia chrysanthemi, Bocquet et al., 2009) has been determined in various states.”