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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 97, Issue 20, Pages 11062-11067Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.180307497
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Modulation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-selective glutamate receptors by extracellular protons and Zn2+ may play important roles during ischemia in the brain and during seizures. Recombinant NR1/NR2A receptors exhibit a much higher apparent affinity for voltage-independent Zn2+ inhibition than receptors with other subunit combinations. Here, we show that the mechanism of this apparent high-affinity, voltage-independent Zn2+ inhibition for NR2A-containing receptors results from the enhancement of proton inhibition. We also show that the N-terminal leucine/isoleucine/valine binding protein (LIVBP)-like domain of the NR2A subunit contains critical determinants of the apparent high-affinity, voltage-independent Zn2+ inhibition. Mutations H42A, H44G, or H128A greatly increase the Zn2+ IC50 (by UP to approximate to 700-fold) with no effect on the potencies of glutamate and glycine or on voltage-dependent block by Mg2+. Furthermore. the amino acid residue substitution H128A, which mediates the largest effect on the apparent high-affinity Zn2+ inhibition among all histidine substitutions we tested, is also critical to the pH-dependency of Zn2+ inhibition. Our data revealed a unique interaction between two important extracellular modulators of NMDA receptors.
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