Preferential assembly of heteromeric kainate and AMPA receptor amino terminal domains.
Ion conductivity and the gating characteristics of tetrameric glutamate receptor ion channels are determined by their subunit composition. Competitive homo- and hetero-dimerization of their amino-terminal domains (ATDs) is a key step controlling assembly. Here we measured systematically the thermodynamic stabilities of homodimers and heterodimers of kainate and AMPA receptors using ... fluorescence-detected sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation. Measured affinities span many orders of magnitude, and complexes show large differences in kinetic stabilities. The association of kainate receptor ATD dimers is generally weaker than the association of AMPA receptor ATD dimers, but both show a general pattern of increased heterodimer stability as compared to the homodimers of their constituents, matching well physiologically observed receptor combinations. The free energy maps of AMPA and kainate receptor ATD dimers provide a framework for the interpretation of observed receptor subtype combinations and possible assembly pathways.
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HEK293 Cells, Humans, Kinetics, Protein Multimerization, Protein Stability, Protein Subunits, Receptors, AMPA, Receptors, Kainic Acid, Thermodynamics, Ultracentrifugation
HEK293 Cells, Humans, Kinetics, Protein Multimerization, Protein Stability, Protein Subunits, Receptors, AMPA, Receptors, Kainic Acid, Thermodynamics, Ultracentrifugation
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Date: Oct. 23, 2017
PubMed ID: 29058671
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