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XB-ART-1335
Invert Neurosci 2005 Nov 01;53-4:147-55. doi: 10.1007/s10158-005-0007-6.
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Sgbeta1, a novel locust (Schistocerca gregaria) non-alpha nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-like subunit with homology to the Drosophila melanogaster Dbeta1 subunit.

Jones AK , Marshall J , Blake AD , Buckingham SD , Darlison MG , Sattelle DB .


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The cloning, sequencing and functional expression of Sgbeta1, a novel locust (Schistocerca gregaria) non-alpha nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit is described. This subunit shows 80% identity with the Drosophila melanogaster Dbeta1 and 92% identity with the Locusta migratoria beta1, non-alpha subunits but only 38% identity to Sgalpha1 (also referred to as alphaL1), a previously cloned S. gregaria nAChR alpha-subunit. When expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, Sgbeta1 does not respond to nicotine. Responses to nicotine are observed, however, in oocytes co-expressing Sgalpha1 and Sgbeta1, but the pharmacology is indistinguishable from that of currents produced by expressing Sgalpha1 alone. We conclude that either Sgbeta1 does not co-assemble with Sgalpha1, or that it is unable to contribute to the functional properties of the receptor, in the Xenopus oocyte expression system.

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