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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2017

Supramolecular organization of NMDA receptors and the postsynaptic density.

René Aw Frank, Seth Gn Grant

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

René Aw FrankMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Seth Gn GrantCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK. Electronic address: seth.grant@ed.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0802238Medical Research Council MC_U105170643Medical Research Council MC_U105184291Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The postsynaptic density (PSD) of all vertebrate species share a highly complex proteome with ∼1000 conserved proteins that function as sophisticated molecular computational devices. Here, we review recent studies showing that this complexity can be understood in terms of the supramolecular organization of proteins, which self-assemble within a hierarchy of different length scales, including complexes, supercomplexes and nanodomains. We highlight how genetic and biochemical approaches in mice are being used to uncover the native molecular architecture of the synapse, revealing hitherto unknown molecular structures, including highly selective mechanisms for specifying the assembly of NMDAR-MAGUK supercomplexes. We propose there exists a logical framework that precisely dictates the subunit composition of synaptic complexes, supercomplexes, and nanodomains in vivo.

Indexed as

AnimalsMultiprotein ComplexesPost-Synaptic DensityProtein ConformationReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynapsesMultiprotein ComplexesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

Identifiers

PMID28577431
PMCPMC5557338

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