A mutation that alters magnesium block of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor channels.

Abstract excerpt

N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are blocked at hyperpolarizing potentials by extracellular Mg ions. Here we present a detailed kinetic analysis of the Mg block in recombinant wild-type and mutant NMDA receptors. We find that the Mg binding site is the same in the wild-type and native hippocampal NMDA receptor channels. In the mutant channels, however, Mg ions bind with a 10-fold lower affinity. On the basis...

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