Cysteine Loop Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors

Synonyms

Cys Loop Receptor Superfamily

Cys Loop Receptors

Cys-Loop Receptor Superfamily

Cys-Loop Receptors

Cysteine Loop Ligand Gated Ion Channel Receptors

Receptor Superfamily, Cys-Loop

Receptors, Cys-Loop

Superfamily, Cys-Loop Receptor

A subfamily of ligand-gated ion channel receptors that share a characteristic loop which is formed by a disulfide bond between two CYSTEINE residues. These receptors typically contain five subunits with the cysteine-loop occurring near an N-terminal extracellular domain.