期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 27, 期 15, 页码 2158-2170出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.140
关键词
crystallography; D-serine; glutamate receptor; glycine; molecular dynamics; NMDA
资金
- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
- NCRR NIH HHS [P41 RR005969, P41 RR05969] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM067887, 1 R01 GM067887] Funding Source: Medline
NR3 subtype glutamate receptors have a unique developmental expression profile, but are the least well-characterized members of the NMDA receptor gene family, which have key roles in synaptic plasticity and brain development. Using ligand binding assays, crystallographic analysis, and all atom MD simulations, we investigate mechanisms underlying the binding by NR3A and NR3B of glycine and D-serine, which are candidate neurotransmitters for NMDA receptors containing NR3 subunits. The ligand binding domains of both NR3 subunits adopt a similar extent of domain closure as found in the corresponding NR1 complexes, but have a unique loop 1 structure distinct from that in all other glutamate receptor ion channels. Within their ligand binding pockets, NR3A and NR3B have strikingly different hydrogen bonding networks and solvent structures from those found in NR1, and fail to undergo a conformational rearrangement observed in NR1 upon binding the partial agonist ACPC. MD simulations revealed numerous interdomain contacts, which stabilize the agonist-bound closed-cleft conformation, and a novel twisting motion for the loop 1 helix that is unique in NR3 subunits.
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