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Phosphorylation status of the NR2B subunit of NMDA receptor regulates its interaction with calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Jul 2009
Raveendran Rajeevkumar, Devi Suma Priya Sudarsana, Mayadevi Madhavan, Steephan Mathew, Santhoshkumar Thankayyan R, Cheriyan John, Sanalkumar Rajendran, Pradeep Kurup K, James Jackson, Omkumar Ramakrishnapillai V
Abstract excerpt
Ca(2+) influx through NMDA-type glutamate receptor at excitatory synapses causes activation of post-synaptic Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II (CaMKII) and its translocation to the NR2B subunit of NMDA receptor. The major binding site for CaMKII on NR2B undergoes phosphorylation at Ser1303, in vivo. Even though some regulatory effects of this phosphorylation are known, the mode of...
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