Mutation-induced changes in the affinities of the antagonist NMS (a) and
novel selective agonists NDMC (b), AC-42 (c), and 77-LH-28-1 (d). The
histogram represents variations of log-affinity constant ΔpKd
± S.E.M. for each mutant, compared with the wild-type, calculated from
Table 1. NC designates
noncompetitive behavior, defined by a value of the cooperativity factor
α ≥0.01 (see Materials and Methods). *, P <
0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001 with respect to
wild type.