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SUBMITTER: Ady V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4303454 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ady Visou V Perroy Julie J Tricoire Ludovic L Piochon Claire C Dadak Selma S Chen Xiaoru X Dusart Isabelle I Fagni Laurent L Lambolez Bertrand B Levenes Carole C
EMBO reports 20131215 1
The orphan GluD2 receptor belongs to the ionotropic glutamate receptor family but does not bind glutamate. Ligand-gated GluD2 currents have never been evidenced, and whether GluD2 operates as an ion channel has been a long-standing question. Here, we show that GluD2 gating is triggered by type 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors, both in a heterologous expression system and in Purkinje cells. Thus, GluD2 is not only an adhesion molecule at synapses but also works as a channel. This gating mechani ...[more]