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The Journal of Neuroscience, February 15, 2003, 23(4):1219
Amino-Acid Residues Involved in Glutamate Receptor 6 Kainate Receptor Gating and Desensitization
Mark W. Fleck, Elizabeth Cornell, and Stephanie J. Mah Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208
The glutamate receptor (GluR) agonist-binding site consists of amino acid residues in the extracellular S1 and S2 segments in the N-terminal and M3-M4 loop regions, respectively. Molecular and atomic level structural analyses have identified specific S1 and S2 residues that interact directly with ligands, interact with one another in a dimeric configuration, and influence channel gating and desensitization properties of AMPA receptors. Other studies suggest that KA receptor gating and desensitization may differ mechanistically. In particular, a leucine (L) to tyrosine (Y) mutation in the S1 segment of AMPA receptors is sufficient to block desensitization, whereas KA receptors naturally contain a tyrosine residue at the equivalent position (Y751 in GluR6) but retain the fast-desensitizing phenotype. We hypothesized that KA receptor desensitization is preserved by a compensatory substitution in the S2 segment. We generated a series of GluR6 mutants that converted individual S2 domain residues to their AMPA receptor equivalents. Various S2 mutations had effects on the kinetics of desensitization and recovery from desensitization, but no single amino acid substitution was found to block desensitization, as in the L/Y mutant AMPA receptors, or to prevent desensitization to KA. Other mutations designed to neutralize residues thought to interact across the dimer interface had dramatic effects on channel gating and desensitization. These results are consistent with a close but imperfect structural homology between AMPA and KA receptors and support the role of conserved S1S2 domain interactions at the dimer interface in GluR channel function.
Key words: glutamate receptor; binding site; desensitization; S2-segment; dimer; mutagenesis
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