Conformational pathway provides unique sensitivity to a synaptic mGluR

oleh: Chris H. Habrian, Joshua Levitz, Vojtech Vyklicky, Zhu Fu, Adam Hoagland, Isabelle McCort-Tranchepain, Francine Acher, Ehud Y. Isacoff

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01

Deskripsi

Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are dimeric G-protein–coupled receptors that operate at neural synapses. Here authors use FRET assays in live cells to monitor mGluR2/7’s activation and reveal how heterodimerization can alter the glutamate response of an mGluR.