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==Crystal structure of the human ionotropic glutamate receptor GluR2 ATD region at 1.8 A resolution==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2wjw]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2WJW OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2WJW FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.8&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ACT:ACETATE+ION'>ACT</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE'>NAG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2wjw FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2wjw OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2wjw PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2wjw RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2wjw PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2wjw ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/GRIA2_HUMAN GRIA2_HUMAN] Receptor for glutamate that functions as ligand-gated ion channel in the central nervous system and plays an important role in excitatory synaptic transmission. L-glutamate acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter at many synapses in the central nervous system. Binding of the excitatory neurotransmitter L-glutamate induces a conformation change, leading to the opening of the cation channel, and thereby converts the chemical signal to an electrical impulse. The receptor then desensitizes rapidly and enters a transient inactive state, characterized by the presence of bound agonist. In the presence of CACNG4 or CACNG7 or CACNG8, shows resensitization which is characterized by a delayed accumulation of current flux upon continued application of glutamate.<ref>PMID:20614889</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Ionotropic glutamate receptors are functionally diverse but have a common architecture, including the 400-residue amino-terminal domain (ATD). We report a 1.8-A resolution crystal structure of human GluR2-ATD. This dimeric structure provides a mechanism for how the ATDs can drive receptor assembly and subtype-restricted composition. Lattice contacts in a 4.1-A resolution crystal form reveal a tetrameric (dimer-dimer) arrangement consistent with previous cellular and cryo-electron microscopic data for full-length AMPA receptors.

Crystal structure of the GluR2 amino-terminal domain provides insights into the architecture and assembly of ionotropic glutamate receptors.,Clayton A, Siebold C, Gilbert RJ, Sutton GC, Harlos K, McIlhinney RA, Jones EY, Aricescu AR J Mol Biol. 2009 Oct 9;392(5):1125-32. Epub 2009 Aug 3. PMID:19651138<ref>PMID:19651138</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Glutamate receptor 3D structures|Glutamate receptor 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Aricescu AR]]
[[Category: Clayton A]]
[[Category: Gilbert RJC]]
[[Category: Harlos K]]
[[Category: Jones EY]]
[[Category: McIlhinney RAJ]]
[[Category: Siebold C]]
[[Category: Sutton GC]]