A conserved glycine harboring disease-associated mutations permits NMDA receptor slow deactivation and high Ca2+ permeability

Johansen B. Amin, Xiaoling Leng, Aaron Gochman, Huan-Xiang Zhou and Lonnie P. Wollmuth ()
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Johansen B. Amin: Stony Brook University
Xiaoling Leng: Florida State University
Aaron Gochman: Stony Brook University
Huan-Xiang Zhou: Florida State University
Lonnie P. Wollmuth: Stony Brook University

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract A variety of de novo and inherited missense mutations associated with neurological disorders are found in the NMDA receptor M4 transmembrane helices, which are peripheral to the pore domain in eukaryotic ionotropic glutamate receptors. Subsets of these mutations affect receptor gating with dramatic effects, including in one instance halting it, occurring at a conserved glycine near the extracellular end of M4. Functional experiments and molecular dynamic simulations of constructs with and without substitutions at this glycine indicate that it acts as a hinge, permitting the intracellular portion of the ion channel to laterally expand. This expansion stabilizes long-lived open states leading to slow deactivation and high Ca2+ permeability. Our studies provide a functional and structural framework for the effect of missense mutations on NMDARs at central synapses and highlight how the M4 segment may represent a pathway for intracellular modulation of NMDA receptor function.

Date: 2018
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