Kawamoto S, Uchino S, Xin K Q, Hattori S, Hamajima K, Fukushima J, Mishina M, Okuda K
Department of Bacteriology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1997 Jul;47(1-2):339-44. doi: 10.1016/s0169-328x(97)00103-4.
Arginine-481 is located in the putative agonist-binding region preceding the putative transmembrane segment M1 of the alpha1-subunit of the AMPA-selective glutamate receptor (GluR) channel. This amino acid is completely conserved among GluR proteins. A site-directed mutagenesis study using a baculovirus expression system showed that substitution of glutamate, glutamine and lysine for arginine-481 of the recombinant alpha1-subunit protein abolishes binding to [3H]AMPA completely. The present study provides the first direct experimental evidence that the conserved charged arginine-481 residue is essential, directly or indirectly, for the acquisition of ligand-binding activity by the receptor protein.
精氨酸 - 481位于AMPA选择性谷氨酸受体(GluR)通道α1亚基假定跨膜片段M1之前的假定激动剂结合区域。该氨基酸在GluR蛋白中完全保守。一项使用杆状病毒表达系统的定点诱变研究表明,用谷氨酸、谷氨酰胺和赖氨酸取代重组α1亚基蛋白的精氨酸 - 481会完全消除与[3H]AMPA的结合。本研究提供了首个直接实验证据,即保守的带电荷精氨酸 - 481残基直接或间接对于受体蛋白获得配体结合活性至关重要。