Table 1.

ACh EC50, ANOVA, and nH for the Cys mutants

ConstructEC50m)ANOVAanHn
αβγδ
wild type2.96 ± 0.541.30 ± 0.114
αY277C8.42 ± 0.72**1.15 ± 0.043
αK276C4.42 ± 0.46ns1.31 ± 0.023
αG275C0.64 ± 0.03***1.18 ± 0.063
αI274C34.8 ± 4.5***1.34 ± 0.023
αL273C1.45 ± 0.15ns1.36 ± 0.033
αP272C1.34 ± 0.07ns1.42 ± 0.063
αV271C2.74 ± 0.17ns1.47 ± 0.213
αA270C2.37 ± 0.60ns1.08 ± 0.144
αS269C0.18 ± 0.03***1.41 ± 0.064
αS268C0.79 ± 0.13***1.45 ± 0.085
αT267C28.0 ± 5.2***1.37 ± 0.075
αS266C17.0 ± 2.9***1.26 ± 0.083
αP265C3.25 ± 0.43ns1.11 ± 0.043
αI264C9.0 ± 1.6***1.38 ± 0.058
αL263C0.40 ± 0.06***1.41 ± 0.054
αE262C2.52 ± 0.40ns1.27 ± 0.063
  • The two mutants that varied most from wild type and for which the dose–response curves are shown in Figure 2 are in bold.

  • aOne-way ANOVA of log(EC50) with Dunnett's posttest; ns, p > 0.05, not significant; **0.001 < p < 0.01, very significant; ***p < 0.0001, extremely significant.