title: The structural and functional interrelationships of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes.
abstract: Molecular cloning of the genes encoding the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors has shown that receptor subtypes classified on the basis of pharmacological properties are related polypeptides encoded by distinct genes. These studies have also revealed the existence of novel muscarinic receptor subtypes. Functional analysis of each of the subtypes expressed in mammalian cells indicates that the different subtypes activate distinct biochemical pathways, a finding that explains the tissue-specific physiological response elicited by the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Peralta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Winslow
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Capon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic