Effects of NR1 splicing on NR1/NR3B-type excitatory glycine receptors [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are the most complex of ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs). Subunits of this subfamily assemble into heteromers, which – depending on the subunit combination – may display very different ...
Angela Orth +2 more
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Differential Actions of Ethanol and Trichloroethanol at Sites in the M3 and M4 Domains of the NMDA Receptor GluN2A (NR2A) Subunit [PDF]
, 2009 Background and purpose: Alcohol produces its behavioural effects in part due to inhibition of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the CNS. Previous studies have identified amino acid residues in membrane-associated domains 3 (M3) and 4 (M4) of the ...
Hu, Xiang-Qun +5 more
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Different Sites of Alcohol Action in the NMDA Receptor GluN2A and GluN2B Subunits [PDF]
, 2015 The NMDA receptor is a major target of alcohol action in the CNS, and recent behavioral and cellular studies have pointed to the importance of the GluN2B subunit in alcohol action.
Allgaier +68 more
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Novel Modulators of Glycine Receptors [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2016 Inhibitory glycine receptors (GlyRs) are pentameric ligand-gated ion channels, found primarily in the spinal cord, and are important targets for neuroactive drugs. Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) potentiates the glycine receptor by interacting with residue S296 in GlyR-α1 and S307 in GlyR-α3 subunits, directly contributing to cannabis-induced analgesia ...
Pei Tang +3 more
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Studies of NMDA receptor function and stoichiometry with truncated and tandem subunits [PDF]
, 2003 The subunits that compose eukaryotic glutamate ion channel receptors have three transmembrane domains (TMs) and terminate with intracellular tails that are important for controlling channel expression and localization.
Colquhoun, D., Schorge, S.
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Glycine and glycine receptor immunoreactivity in brain and spinal cord [PDF]
The Journal of Neuroscience, 1988 To study the distribution of glycine immunoreactive neurons in the spinal cord and brain, antisera were raised against glycine conjugated to protein carriers. High-titer rabbit glycine antiserum was purified by affinity chromatography. Testing against other amino acids and peptides with immuno dot blots and ELISA assays showed little apparent cross ...
AN van den Pol, T Gorcs
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C-Terminal truncation of NR2A subunits impairs synaptic but not extrasynaptic localization of NMDA receptors [PDF]
, 2000 NMDA receptors interact via the extended intracellular C-terminal domain of the NR2 subunits with constituents of the postsynaptic density for purposes of retention, clustering, and functional regulation at central excitatory synapses.
Kennedy, Mary B. +5 more
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Ion channel function of polycystin‐2/polycystin‐1 heteromer revealed by structure‐guided mutagenesis
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Mutations in polycystin‐1 (PC1) or polycystin‐2 (PC2) cause autosomal‐dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). We generated a novel gain‐of‐function PC2/PC1 heteromeric ion channel by mutating pore‐blocking residues. Moreover, we demonstrated that PC2 will preferentially assemble with PC1 to form heteromeric complexes when PC1 is co‐expressed ...
Tobias Staudner +7 more
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Autophagy in cancer and protein conformational disorders
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Autophagy plays a crucial role in numerous biological processes, including protein and organelle quality control, development, immunity, and metabolism. Hence, dysregulation or mutations in autophagy‐related genes have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases.
Sergio Attanasio
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Single-channel behavior of heteromeric α1β glycine receptors: an attempt to detect a conformational change before the channel opens [PDF]
, 2004 The α1β heteromeric receptors are likely to be the predominant synaptic form of glycine receptors in the adult. Their activation mechanism was investigated by fitting putative mechanisms to single-channel recordings obtained at four glycine ...
Beato, M. +4 more
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