Article
Masking of the endoplasmic reticulum retention signals during assembly of the NMDA receptor.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 26 Mar 2008
Horak Martin, Chang Kai, Wenthold Robert J
Abstract excerpt
NMDA receptors are glutamate-gated ion channels that play important roles in synaptic transmission and excitotoxicity. The functional NMDA receptor is thought to be a heterotetramer composed mainly of two NR1 and two NR2 subunits. Although it is generally accepted that only correctly assembled NMDA receptors can pass the ER quality control, the mechanism underlying this process is not well understood. Using...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebral Cortex
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Endoplasmic Reticulum
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Immunoprecipitation
