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ReviewThe Journal of physiology2021

AMPA receptor structure and auxiliary subunits.

Aichurok Kamalova, Terunaga Nakagawa

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aichurok KamalovaDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Terunaga NakagawaDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6174-5012
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Molecular Anatomy of Mature and Immature Glutamate ReceptorsR01HD061543 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI NAKAGAWA, TERUNAGA · 2010 to 2014
$1.5M
Identifying molecules that modulate auxiliary factors of AMPA receptorsR21MH102546 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI NAKAGAWA, TERUNAGA, WEAVER, C DAVID · 2014 to 2015
$432k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD061543NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH102546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain is largely mediated by AMPA-type ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPARs), which are activated by the neurotransmitter glutamate. In synapses, the function of AMPARs is tuned by their auxiliary subunits, a diverse set of membrane proteins associated with the core pore-forming subunits of the AMPARs. Each auxiliary subunit provides distinct functional modulation of AMPARs, ranging from regulation of trafficking to shaping ion channel gating kinetics. Understanding the molecular mechanism of the function of these complexes is key to decoding synaptic modulation and their global roles in cognitive activities, such as learning and memory. Here, we review the structural and molecular complexity of AMPAR-auxiliary subunit complexes, as well as their functional diversity in different brain regions. We suggest that the recent structural information provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic functions of AMPAR-auxiliary subunit complexes.

Indexed as

Receptors, AMPASynaptic TransmissionAnimalsGlutamic AcidIon Channel GatingProtein SubunitsSynapsesGlutamic AcidProtein SubunitsReceptors, AMPAAMPA receptorsAMPA type glutamate receptorsauxiliary subunitsCKAMP44cornichoncryo-electron microscopyelectrophysiologyGSG1Lion channelion channel gating modulationionotropic glutamate receptorsShisastargazinstructural biologysynaptic plasticitysynaptic transmissionSynDIGTARP

Identifiers

PMID32004381
PMCPMC7392800
OpenAlexW3004311369

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