Table 1.

Purported open-channel structures of pLGICs and their predicted conductance from computational electrophysiology studies

ChannelPDBaRes. (Å)Membrane mimeticStabilizing factorsMin. pore diameter (Å)Computed conductance (pS)b
DeCLIC 6V4A 3.83 Micelle; DDM — 10.2 — 
ELIC5 8TWV 3.40 spNW15 nanodisc; POPC, POPE, POPG — 6.6 c 
ELIC5 9NGC 2.80 Liposome; POPC, POPE, POPG — 4.4 — 
GLIC 3EAM 2.90 Micelle; DDM — 5.0 — 
GLIC 4HFI 2.40 Micelle; DDM — 5.0 — 
GLIC 5V6N 3.35 Micelle; DDM C27S/K33C/I233A/N245C; DTT 5.0 18d (9) Gonzalez-Gutierrez et al. (2017)  
GluCl 3RHW 3.30 Mixed Micelle; DDM, POPC, DPPC Anti-GluCl Fab; Ivermectin 4.6 — 
α1 GlyR 3JAE 3.90 Micelle; DDM — 8.8 413d (80–88) Cerdan et al. (2018)  
α1 GlyR 6UD3 3.50 MSP1E3D1 nanodisc; soy polar extract Picrotoxin 6.5 20e (80–88) Kumar et al. (2020a)  
α7 nAChR 7KOX 2.70 Saposin nanodisc; soy polar extract PNU-120596 7.2 76e (186) Zhuang et al. (2022)  
sTeLIC 6FL9 2.30 Mixed Micelles; DDM, NDG — 11 — 
5-HT3A6DG8 3.89 Micelle; C12E9 — 6.4 — 
β3 GABAA9FF0 3.40 MSP2N2 nanodisc; POPC, bovine brain extract — 4.4 — 
a

References for PDBs are 6V4A, Hu et al. (2020); 8TWV, Dalal et al. (2024); 9NGC, Dalal et al. (2025); 3EAM, Bocquet et al. (2009); 4HFI, Sauguet et al. (2013); 5V6N, Gonzalez-Gutierrez et al. (2017); 3RHW, Hibbs and Gouaux (2011); 3JAE, Du et al. (2015); 6UD3, Kumar et al. (2020a); 7KOX, Noviello et al. (2021); 6FL9, Hu et al. (2018); 6DG8, Basak et al. (2018); 9FF0, Mihaylov et al. (2025 , Preprint).

b

Value in parentheses is the experimental single channel conductance.

c

Values are from this study.

d

These studies removed the ECD for computational electrophysiology.

e

ICD was unresolved for this model and not included in computational electrophysiology studies.

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