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Crystal structure of the human ionotropic glutamate receptor GluR2 ATD region at 1.8 A resolutionCrystal structure of the human ionotropic glutamate receptor GluR2 ATD region at 1.8 A resolution
Structural highlights
Function[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.[1] Evolutionary Conservation![]() Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedIonotropic 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[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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OCA- Human
- Large Structures
- Aricescu, A R
- Clayton, A
- Gilbert, R J.C
- Harlos, K
- Jones, E Y
- McIlhinney, R A.J
- Siebold, C
- Sutton, G C
- Alternative splicing
- Cell junction
- Cell membrane
- Glur2
- Glutamate receptor
- Glycoprotein
- Ion channel
- Ion transport
- Ionic channel
- Lipoprotein
- Membrane
- Palmitate
- Phosphoprotein
- Polymorphism
- Postsynaptic cell membrane
- Receptor
- Rna editing
- Synapse
- Synaptic plasticity
- Transmembrane
- Transport
- Transport protein