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ArticleNature communications2018

Disease-associated missense mutations in GluN2B subunit alter NMDA receptor ligand binding and ion channel properties.

Laura Fedele, Joseph Newcombe, Maya Topf, Alasdair Gibb, Robert J Harvey, Trevor G Smart

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura FedeleDepartment of Pharmacology, UCL School of Pharmacy Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2893-0723
Joseph NewcombeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
Maya TopfDepartment of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
Alasdair GibbDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Robert J HarveySchool of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia. r.j.harvey@usc.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5956-6664
Trevor G SmartDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. t.smart@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9089-5375
Birkbeck, University of London · GBUniversity College London · GBMedway School of Pharmacy · GBUniversity of the Sunshine Coast · AU

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K005537/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic and bioinformatic analyses have identified missense mutations in GRIN2B encoding the NMDA receptor GluN2B subunit in autism, intellectual disability, Lennox Gastaut and West Syndromes. Here, we investigated several such mutations using a near-complete, hybrid 3D model of the human NMDAR and studied their consequences with kinetic modelling and electrophysiology. The mutants revealed reductions in glutamate potency; increased receptor desensitisation; and ablation of voltage-dependent Mg

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell Membrane PermeabilityComputational BiologyDiseaseExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGlutamatesHEK293 CellsHumansIon ChannelsLigandsMagnesiumMemantineModels, MolecularMutation, MissenseNeuronsGlutamatesIon ChannelsLigandsMagnesiumMemantineNR2B NMDA receptorProtein SubunitsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

Identifiers

PMID29511171
PMCPMC5840332
OpenAlexW2805162652

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