Molecular Pharmacology Fast Forward. Published on October 27, 2020 as DOI: 10.1124/molpharm.120.000090 This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version. Identification of the Functional Binding Site for the Convulsant Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine in the Pore of the α2β3γ2 GABA-A Receptor Brandon Pressly, Ruth D. Lee, Bogdan Barnych, Bruce D. Hammock, Heike Wulff Downloaded from Department of Pharmacology (B.P., R.D.L, H.W.), University of California, Davis, California, USA Department of Entomology and Nematology, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, (B.B., B.D.H.) molpharm.aspetjournals.org University of California, Davis, USA at ASPET Journals on September 24, 2021 1 Molecular Pharmacology Fast Forward. Published on October 27, 2020 as DOI: 10.1124/molpharm.120.000090 This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version. Running Title: The Binding Site of TETS Address correspondence to: Heike Wulff, Department of Pharmacology, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, Room 3502, 451 Health Sciences Drive, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616; phone: 530- 754-6136; email:
[email protected] Downloaded from Number of Text Pages: 41 Number of Tables: 0 Number of Figures: 8 molpharm.aspetjournals.org Number of References: 43 Number of Words in the Abstract: 217 Number of Words in the Introduction: 725 at ASPET Journals on September 24, 2021 Number of Words in the Discussion: 1,645 Nonstandard abbreviations used: AUC, area under the curve; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; EBOB, 1-(4-ethynylphenyl)-4-n-propyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane; ECD, extracellular domain; GABA, gamma-aminobutyric acid; GABAA, GABA receptor type A; HEK, human embryonic kidney; NCA, non-competitive antagonist; pdb, Protein data bank; PAM, positive allosteric modulator; PTX, picrotoxin; REU, Rosetta energy unit; TBPS, tert- butylbicyclophosphorothionate; TETS; tetramethylenedisulfotetramine; TMD, transmembrane domain.