RGD Reference Report - Excitatory glycine receptors containing the NR3 family of NMDA receptor subunits. - Rat Genome Database

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Excitatory glycine receptors containing the NR3 family of NMDA receptor subunits.

Authors: Chatterton, JE  Awobuluyi, M  Premkumar, LS  Takahashi, H  Talantova, M  Shin, Y  Cui, J  Tu, S  Sevarino, KA  Nakanishi, N  Tong, G  Lipton, SA  Zhang, D 
Citation: Chatterton JE, etal., Nature 2002 Feb 14;415(6873):793-8.
RGD ID: 632842
Pubmed: PMID:11823786   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1038/nature715   (Journal Full-text)

The N-methyl-D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor (NMDAR) serves critical functions in physiological and pathological processes in the central nervous system, including neuronal development, plasticity and neurodegeneration. Conventional heteromeric NMDARs composed of NR1 and NR2A-D subunits require dual agonists, glutamate and glycine, for activation. They are also highly permeable to Ca2+, and exhibit voltage-dependent inhibition by Mg2+. Coexpression of NR3A with NR1 and NR2 subunits modulates NMDAR activity. Here we report the cloning and characterization of the final member of the NMDAR family, NR3B, which shares high sequence homology with NR3A. From in situ and immunocytochemical analyses, NR3B is expressed predominantly in motor neurons, whereas NR3A is more widely distributed. Remarkably, when co-expressed in Xenopus oocytes, NR3A or NR3B co-assembles with NR1 to form excitatory glycine receptors that are unaffected by glutamate or NMDA, and inhibited by D-serine, a co-activator of conventional NMDARs. Moreover, NR1/NR3A or -3B receptors form relatively Ca2+-impermeable cation channels that are resistant to Mg2+, MK-801, memantine and competitive antagonists. In cerebrocortical neurons containing NR3 family members, glycine triggers a burst of firing, and membrane patches manifest glycine-responsive single channels that are suppressible by D-serine. By itself, glycine is normally thought of as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. In contrast, these NR1/NR3A or -3B 'NMDARs' constitute a type of excitatory glycine receptor.



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Cellular Component

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Grin3bRatNMDA selective glutamate receptor complex  IDA  RGD 

Molecular Function

  

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Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Grin1  (glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 1)
Grin3a  (glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 3A)
Grin3b  (glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 3B)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Grin3b  (glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDA3B)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
GRIN3B  (glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 3B)


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