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ArticleNature communications2011

A modern ionotropic glutamate receptor with a K(+) selectivity signature sequence.

H Janovjak, G Sandoz, E Y Isacoff

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Article in Nature communications, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

H JanovjakDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, 271 Life Sciences Addition, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
G Sandoz
E Y Isacoff
Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire · FRInstitute of Science and Technology Austria · ATLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

NDC for the Optical Control of Biological FunctionPN2EY018241 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ISACOFF, EHUD · 2006 to 2015
$37.5M
STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENTS IN CHANNEL GATINGR01NS035549 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ISACOFF, EHUD · 1996 to 2013
$4.1M
NEI NIH HHS PN2EY018241NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS035549NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS35549
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system and gates non-selective cation channels. The origins of glutamate receptors are not well understood as they differ structurally and functionally from simple bacterial ligand-gated ion channels. Here we report the discovery of an ionotropic glutamate receptor that combines the typical eukaryotic domain architecture with the 'TXVGYG' signature sequence of the selectivity filter found in K(+) channels. This receptor exhibits functional properties intermediate between bacterial and eukaryotic glutamate-gated ion channels, suggesting a link in the evolution of ionotropic glutamate receptors.

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PhylogenyAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBacteriaDatabases, GeneticGene ExpressionGlutamic AcidIon Channel GatingMolecular Sequence DataOocytesPlantsPotassiumReceptors, Ionotropic GlutamateRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerGlutamic AcidPotassiumReceptors, Ionotropic GlutamateRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID21407198
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