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Fig. 2. Conformational changes in M 1 AChR
stabilized by MT7 binding.(A) Superposition
of tiotropium-bound M 1 AChR (gray; PDB ID
5CXV) and atropine-bound M 1 AChR-MT7
complex (green) from the extracellular
view. Part of finger loop 2 that interacts
with TM7 is shown (magenta). Conformational
changes are shown with arrows. (B) (Top)
Insertion of finger loop 2 stabilizes conforma-
tional changes at the extracellular side of TM2,
TM6, and TM7. Note that P33 from MT7,
represented as spheres, stabilizes W400
outward. (Bottom) Differences in the organi-
zation of the DRY motif in the M 1 AChR-MT7
complex compared with that of tiotropium-
bound M 1 AChR. Displacements of TM
helices 2 and 6 are shown with arrows.
(C) Conformational change of TM6 between
different states of M 1 AChR, with W378 serving
as a pivotal position: M 1 AChR from the
M 1 AChR-MT7 complex (green); M 1 AChR from
the tiotropium-bound inactive state (gray;
PDB ID 5CXV), and M 1 AChR from the
M 1 AChR-G 11 complex (orange; PDB ID 6OIJ).
Fig. 3. Identification and affinity maturation of
asubtype-selective M 2 AChR allosteric modula-
tor through in vitro selection.(A) Pull-down
assay showing that clone 24 binds subtype
selectively to M 2 AChR over M 1 AChR. The experi-
ment was carried out in the presence of 10mM
atropine. (B) Pull-down assay showing the
conformation preference of clone 24 toward the
atropine (ATR)–bound state over the iperoxo
(IXO)–bound state of M 2 AChR. (C) Comparison
of the dissociation kinetics of the orthosteric
antagonist [^3 H]NMS from M 2 AChR in the clone
24 – bound and apo state. Data represent means ±
SEM of three experiments performed in triplicate.
(D) Sequence analysis of 50 randomly selected
clones after the second FACS enrichment.
The finger loop regions 1, 2, and 3 are colored red,
green, and purple, respectively. The five most
frequent mutations (W10R, E15G, R37M, P40L,
and G41V) were combined into clone 24 to
generate Tx24. (E) Comparison of the affinities of
clone 24 and Tx24 to M 2 AChR using on-yeast
affinity measurement in the presence of 10mM
atropine. Data represent means ± SEM of
three independent experiments. (F) Pull-down
assay of Tx24 using M 1 AChR or M 2 AChR in the
presence of 10mM atropine. Tx24 prefers M 2 AChR
over M 1 AChR. (G) Comparison of the affinity of
Tx24 for M 2 AChR bound to different ligands alone
or in combination with a G protein mimetic
nanobody using on-yeast affinity measurement.
Symbols and error bars represent means and SEM
of three independent experiments.
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