Membrane proteins (cont.)
functional discrimination
channels and pores, 25
characteristic features, amino acid
residues, 21–23
databases, 18–21
ion channel proteins, 26
transporters, different classes and
families, 23–25
transporters from globular proteins, 21
structural discrimination
b-barrel membrane proteins, 9–13
spanning b-strand segments, 13–17
TMH proteins, 4–8
TMS proteins, 8–9
TMH and TMS proteins, 2
transporters, 3
Membrane spanning b-strand segments
machine-learning techniques, 16–17
statistical methods, 14–15
Mexiletine, 67
Migraine, 86, 88, 91, 96, 98
Molecular dynamics (MD), 57–65, 70, 71
Molecular mechanics–Poisson Boltzmann/
surface area (MM-PBSA), 60, 61, 65
Molecular orbital partial atomic charge
(MOPAC), 244
Moricizine, 99
MS. See Multiple sclerosis
MTX. See Mallotoxin; Maurotoxin
Multiple sclerosis (MS), 90, 101, 254
Muscimol, 60
Myorelaxant, 246, 249, 252, 253
Myotonic syndromes, 86, 88–89, 98–99
N
Na
v
1.4, 67
Nervous system, 34, 35, 39, 46
N-methyl-
D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, 60
N,N-diisopropyl amide, 135
Notch, 128
O
Other Cl
–
transporting systems
apolar cells, 328, 329
blockers of, 328
furosemide, 328
Na
2+
/2Cl
–
/K
+
carrier, 328
piretanide, 328
torasemide, 329
triflocine, 329
Outward rectifying chloride channels (ORCC),
316
Oxacarbazepine, 97
P
Pacemaker heart, 39, 40
Pain, 86–88, 91, 94–98, 101, 103
inflammatory, 87, 94–95
neuropathic, 87, 94–98
Pancreas, 243, 247–248, 252, 253
Parkinson, 55
Parkinson disease (PD), 90, 101
Partial least square (PLS), 244, 247, 251
Patch clamp, 57, 59
PcTx1. See Psalmotoxin 1
PD. See Parkinson disease
Pentameric proteins, 317, 318
Pharmacophore, 67
Phenytoin, 92–96, 98, 99, 103
Plasma membrane, 311, 312, 316, 317, 330,
331
Plateau, 128, 132
Pore-forming region (P-region), 119
“Positive-inside rule” concept, 6
Potassium channel, 117–142
Potassium channel openers (KCOs), 61
Prialt, 290, 292, 294, 295
Principle components regression (PCR), 244
Protein Data Bank (PDB), 3–4
Psalmotoxin 1 (PcTx1), 58, 59
Q
QM/MM. See Quantum mechanics/molecular
mechanics
QSAR. See Quantitative structure activity
relationships
QT interval correction (QTc), 159–160
QT-prolonging, 65–67
Quantitative structure activity relationships
(QSAR), 65–68, 71, 273, 274,
276–278, 281, 282
Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics
(QM/MM), 70–71
Quinidine, 120, 140
Quinoline, 129–130
R
Ralfinamide, 97
Ranolazine, 99–100
Recognition, 59, 64
346 Index