Mechanism of partial agonism at the GluR2 AMPA receptor: Measurements of lobe orientation in solution.

ABSTRACT: The mechanism by which the binding of a neurotransmitter to a receptor leads to channel opening is a central issue in molecular neurobiology. The structure of the agonist binding domain of ionotropic glutamate receptors has led to an improved understanding of the changes in structure that accompany agonist binding and have provided important clues about the link between these structural changes and channel activation and desensitization. However, because the binding domain has exhibited different structures under different crystallization conditions, understanding the structure in the absence of crystal packing is of considerable importance. The orientation of the two lobes of the binding domain in the presence of a full agonist, an antagonist, and several partial agonists was measured usi

SUBMITTER: Maltsev AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756675 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature