Mark McNamee
Professor Emeritus
mgmcnamee@ucdavis.edu
Office
1141 Life Sciences Addition
752-6764
Degrees:
1973
PhD
Stanford University
Physical Chemistry
1968
BS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chemistry
Research Interests:
Structure and function of nerve membrane proteins, particularly the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Effects of membrane lipids on nAChR conformation, ligand binding, and ion permeati
Publications:
Last updated 5/21/2010
Lasalde JA, S Tamamizu, Y-H Lee, and MG McNamee. 1999. Alteration in ion channel function of mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by mutations in the M4 transmembrane domain. Journal of Membrane Biology. 170:157-164
Kim J and MG McNamee. 1998. Topological disposition of Cys222 in
the a subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor analyzed by fluorescence-
quenching and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements. Biochemistry. 37:4680-4686
Tamamizu S, MG McNamee, G Guzman, J Santiago, LV Rojas, and JA Lasalde. 1999. Functional effects of periodic tryptophan substitutions in the alpha M4 transmembrane domain of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. :(
Teaching Interests:
General biochemistry. Membrane biochemistry. Cellular biochemistry.