Facts about Acetylcholine Receptor

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   Structural studies of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors show they are pentameric, assembled from five protein subunits arranged symmetrically around a central ion-conducting pore.

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   Acetylcholine receptors in the brain's muscarinic class are blocked by atropine, a compound derived from the belladonna plant.

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   Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction, causing progressive muscle weakness.

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   Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction are the target of curare, a paralytic poison used historically on blowgun darts.

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   The acetylcholine receptor exists in two main classes: nicotinic receptors, which are ion channels, and muscarinic receptors, which are G protein-coupled.

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