Table 1.

Functional analysis of mutants made to region surrounding Y521 in GluR6

MutantGlutamateKainate
Ipeak (nA)τdes (ms)%desnIpeak (nA)τdes (ms)%desn
Wild type6.4 ± 0.35.7 ± 0.199.7 ± 0.04804.6 ± 0.34.6 ± 0.199.5 ± 0.147
K525E3.0 ± 0.46.3 ± 0.4100101.1 ± 0.23.7 ± 0.599.9 ± 0.18
I780A0.2 ± 0.11.0 ± 0.110090.03 ± 0.010.9 ± 0.21004
I780F1.4 ± 0.21.3 ± 0.110060.2 ± 0.041.3 ± 0.21006
I780L9.7 ± 0.617.8 ± 1.498.1 ± 0.6128.0 ± 0.742.7 ± 3.087.1 ± 1.710
I780M6.1 ± 0.54.3 ± 0.299.9 ± 0.1124.5 ± 0.54.3 ± 0.399.5 ± 0.311
I780S2.3 ± 0.51.2 ± 0.110090.5 ± 0.11.2 ± 0.11009
I780V3.7 ± 0.62.6 ± 0.1100102.2 ± 0.52.5 ± 0.31009
Q784K7.4 ± 0.77.6 ± 0.699.7 ± 0.2126.2 ± 0.55.3 ± 0.699.6 ± 0.210
K525E4.7 ± 0.915.1 ± 0.199.9 ± 0.03123.7 ± 0.65.7 ± 0.399.7 ± 0.311
Q784K
Y521L7.4 ± 0.96.5 ± 0.499.9 ± 0.02115.5 ± 0.84.9 ± 0.499.4 ± 0.210
K525E
Q784K
K525E7.2 ± 0.861.5 ± 4.198.2 ± 0.7106.1 ± 0.9132 ± 1286.9 ± 2.810
I780L
Q784K
  • Ipeak, τdes, and %des are peak currents, desensitization time constant, and percentage desensitization, respectively, determined as described in Materials and Methods. Values are shown mean ± SEM for n determinations. When values for Ipeak and τdes differed more than fourfold from wild type, this is indicated in bold, and it is indicated in italics when values are lower. Percentage desensitization of <95% is also highlighted in bold. The mutant K525E/I780L/Q784K is referred to as the triple mutant in the text.