Mutation of a glutamate receptor motif reveals its role in gating and δ2 receptor channel properties
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Neuroscience
- Vol. 3 (4) , 315-322
- https://doi.org/10.1038/73877
Abstract
Despite its importance in the cerebellum, the functions of the orphan glutamate receptor delta2 are unknown. We examined a mutant delta2 receptor channel in lurcher mice that was constitutively active in the absence of ligand. Because this mutation was within a highly conserved motif (YTANLAAF), we tested its effect on several glutamate receptors. Mutant delta2 receptors showed distinct channel properties, including double rectification of the current-voltage relationship, sensitivity to a polyamine antagonist and moderate Ca 2+ permeability, whereas other constitutively active mutant glutamate channels resembled wild-type channels in these respects. Moreover, the kinetics of ligand-activated currents were strikingly altered. We conclude that the delta2 receptor has a functional ion channel pore similar to that of glutamate receptors. The motif may have a role in the channel gating of glutamate receptors.Keywords
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