Publication Date:
1995-09-22
Description:
The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subserves synaptic glutamate-induced transmission and plasticity in central neurons. The yeast two-hybrid system was used to show that the cytoplasmic tails of NMDA receptor subunits interact with a prominent postsynaptic density protein PSD-95. The second PDZ domain in PSD-95 binds to the seven-amino acid, COOH-terminal domain containing the terminal tSXV motif (where S is serine, X is any amino acid, and V is valine) common to NR2 subunits and certain NR1 splice forms. Transcripts encoding PSD-95 are expressed in a pattern similar to that of NMDA receptors, and the NR2B subunit co-localizes with PSD-95 in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. The interaction of these proteins may affect the plasticity of excitatory synapses.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kornau, H C -- Schenker, L T -- Kennedy, M B -- Seeburg, P H -- NS-28710/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1995 Sep 22;269(5231):1737-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7569905" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Cells, Cultured
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Cytoplasm/chemistry
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Genes, Reporter
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Hippocampus/*metabolism
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Membrane Proteins
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nerve Tissue Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Neuronal Plasticity
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Neurons/*metabolism
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RNA Splicing
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Rats
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Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Signal Transduction
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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