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Title: Glutamate receptors at atomic resolution

Abstract

At synapses throughout the brain and spinal cord, the amino-acid glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter. During evolution, a family of glutamate-receptor ion channels seems to have been assembled from a kit consisting of discrete ligand-binding, ion-channel, modulatory and cytoplasmic domains. Crystallographic studies that exploit this unique architecture have greatly aided structural analysis of the ligand-binding core, but the results also pose a formidable challenge, namely that of resolving the allosteric mechanisms by which individual domains communicate and function in an intact receptor.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. NIH
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1007698
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nature
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 440; Journal Issue: 03, 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; ARCHITECTURE; BRAIN; RESOLUTION; SPINAL CORD

Citation Formats

Mayer, Mark L. Glutamate receptors at atomic resolution. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1038/nature04709.
Mayer, Mark L. Glutamate receptors at atomic resolution. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04709
Mayer, Mark L. 2010. "Glutamate receptors at atomic resolution". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04709.
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title = {Glutamate receptors at atomic resolution},
author = {Mayer, Mark L},
abstractNote = {At synapses throughout the brain and spinal cord, the amino-acid glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter. During evolution, a family of glutamate-receptor ion channels seems to have been assembled from a kit consisting of discrete ligand-binding, ion-channel, modulatory and cytoplasmic domains. Crystallographic studies that exploit this unique architecture have greatly aided structural analysis of the ligand-binding core, but the results also pose a formidable challenge, namely that of resolving the allosteric mechanisms by which individual domains communicate and function in an intact receptor.},
doi = {10.1038/nature04709},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1007698}, journal = {Nature},
number = 03, 2006,
volume = 440,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2010},
month = {Fri Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2010}
}