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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Ion channels alternate stochastically between two functional states, open and closed. This gating behavior is controlled by membrane potential or by the binding of neurotransmitters in voltage- and ligand-gated channels, respectively. Although much progress has been made in defining the structure and function of the ligand-binding cores and the voltage sensors, how these domains couple to channel opening remains poorly understood. Here we show that the M3 transmembrane segments of the NMDA receptor allosterically interact with both the ligand-binding cores and the channel gate. It is proposed that M3 functions as a transduction element whose conformational change couples ligand binding with channel opening. Furthermore, amino acid homology between glutamate receptor M3 segments and the equivalent S6 or TM2 segments in K(+) channels suggests that ion channel activation and gating are both structurally and functionally conserved.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2044-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Ethyl Methanesulfonate, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Ion Channel Gating, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-RNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:11896144-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The NMDA receptor M3 segment is a conserved transduction element coupling ligand binding to channel opening.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't