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==Crystal structure of GluR5 ligand-binding core in complex with rubidium at 1.82 Angstrom resolution==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3c34]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus Rattus norvegicus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3C34 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3C34 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.82&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GOL:GLYCEROL'>GOL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=KAI:3-(CARBOXYMETHYL)-4-ISOPROPENYLPROLINE'>KAI</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=RB:RUBIDIUM+ION'>RB</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3c34 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3c34 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3c34 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3c34 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3c34 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3c34 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/GRIK1_RAT GRIK1_RAT] Ionotropic glutamate receptor. L-glutamate acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter at many synapses in the central nervous system. Binding of the excitatory neurotransmitter L-glutamate induces a conformation change, leading to the opening of the cation channel, and thereby converts the chemical signal to an electrical impulse. The receptor then desensitizes rapidly and enters a transient inactive state, characterized by the presence of bound agonist. May be involved in the transmission of light information from the retina to the hypothalamus.<ref>PMID:16540562</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Membrane proteins function in a polarized ionic environment with sodium-rich extracellular and potassium-rich intracellular solutions. Glutamate receptors that mediate excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain show unusual sensitivity to external ions, resulting in an apparent requirement for sodium in order for glutamate to activate kainate receptors. Here, we solve the structure of the Na(+)-binding sites and determine the mechanism by which allosteric anions and cations regulate ligand-binding dimer stability, and hence the rate of desensitization and receptor availability for gating by glutamate. We establish a stoichiometry for binding of 2 Na(+) to 1 Cl(-) and show that allosteric anions and cations bind at physically discrete sites with strong electric fields, that the binding sites are not saturated in CSF, and that the requirement of kainate receptors for Na(+) occurs simply because other cations bind with lower affinity and have lower efficacy compared to Na(+).

Molecular basis of kainate receptor modulation by sodium.,Plested AJ, Vijayan R, Biggin PC, Mayer ML Neuron. 2008 Jun 12;58(5):720-35. PMID:18549784<ref>PMID:18549784</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Glutamate receptor 3D structures|Glutamate receptor 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Rattus norvegicus]]
[[Category: Mayer ML]]