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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2019

High Conformational Variability in the GluK2 Kainate Receptor Ligand-Binding Domain.

Tyler J Wied, Alfred C Chin, Albert Y Lau

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Tyler J WiedDepartment of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Alfred C ChinDepartment of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Albert Y LauDepartment of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: alau@jhmi.edu.

Funding

BIOCHEMISTRY, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAMT32GM007445 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GREEN, RACHEL · 1985 to 2021
$24.1M
Structural dynamics and function of the glutamate receptor ligand-binding domainR01GM094495 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LAU, ALBERT Y · 2010 to 2013
$1.0M
In-house Small Angle X-Ray Scattering InstrumentS10OD019957 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WOLBERGER, CYNTHIA · 2015 to 2015
$366k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM094495NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007445NIH HHS S10 OD019957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The kainate family of ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) mediates pre- and postsynaptic neurotransmission. Previously computed conformational potentials of mean force (PMFs) for iGluR ligand-binding domains (LBDs) revealed subtype-dependent conformational differences between α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) iGluR subfamilies. Here we report PMFs for the kainate receptor GluK2 in apo and glutamate-bound states. Apo and glutamate-bound GluK2 LBDs preferentially access closed-cleft conformations. Apo GluK2 exhibits a surprisingly high degree of conformational flexibility, accessing open and closed states. Comparing across iGluR subtypes, these results are similar to glycine-binding GluN1 and GluN3A NMDA subunits and differ from glutamate-binding GluA2 and GluN2A subunits. To test the contribution of cross-lobe interactions on closed-cleft LBD stability, we computed PMFs for two GluK2 mutants, D462A and D656S. D462A, but not D656S, weakens closed-cleft conformations of the glutamate-bound LBD. Theoretical Boltzmann-weighted small-angle X-ray scattering profiles improve agreement with experimental results compared with calculations from the LBD crystal structure alone.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationAnimalsBinding SitesGluK2 Kainate ReceptorGlutamatesKainic Acid ReceptorsMolecular Docking SimulationProtein BindingGluK2 Kainate ReceptorGlutamatesKainic Acid Receptorsfree energy calculationsglutamate receptorskainate receptorsligand bindingmolecular dynamics simulationssmall-angle X-ray scattering

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PMCPMC6363114

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