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SUBMITTER: Karakas E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4113085 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karakas Erkan E Furukawa Hiro H
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20140501 6187
N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors belong to the family of ionotropic glutamate receptors, which mediate most excitatory synaptic transmission in mammalian brains. Calcium permeation triggered by activation of NMDA receptors is the pivotal event for initiation of neuronal plasticity. Here, we show the crystal structure of the intact heterotetrameric GluN1-GluN2B NMDA receptor ion channel at 4 angstroms. The NMDA receptors are arranged as a dimer of GluN1-GluN2B heterodimers with the twofold s ...[more]