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SUBMITTER: Joel Meyerson
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-10660 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Khanra Nandish N Brown Patricia Mge PM Perozzo Amanda M AM Bowie Derek D Meyerson Joel R JR
eLife 20210316
Kainate receptors (KARs) are L-glutamate-gated ion channels that regulate synaptic transmission and modulate neuronal circuits. KARs have strict assembly rules and primarily function as heteromeric receptors in the brain. A longstanding question is how KAR heteromer subunits organize and coordinate together to fulfill their signature physiological roles. Here we report structures of the GluK2/GluK5 heteromer in apo, antagonist-bound, and desensitized states. The receptor assembles with two copie ...[more]