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Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glycoproteins in the brain central to learning and memory. The effects of glycosylation on the structure and dynamics of NMDARs are largely unknown. In this work, we use extensive molecular dynamics simulations of GluN1 and GluN2B ligand binding domains (L...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378791 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44578 |
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author | Sinitskiy, Anton V. Stanley, Nathaniel H. Hackos, David H. Hanson, Jesse E. Sellers, Benjamin D. Pande, Vijay S. |
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description | N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glycoproteins in the brain central to learning and memory. The effects of glycosylation on the structure and dynamics of NMDARs are largely unknown. In this work, we use extensive molecular dynamics simulations of GluN1 and GluN2B ligand binding domains (LBDs) of NMDARs to investigate these effects. Our simulations predict that intra-domain interactions involving the glycan attached to residue GluN1-N440 stabilize closed-clamshell conformations of the GluN1 LBD. The glycan on GluN2B-N688 shows a similar, though weaker, effect. Based on these results, and assuming the transferability of the results of LBD simulations to the full receptor, we predict that glycans at GluN1-N440 might play a potentiator role in NMDARs. To validate this prediction, we perform electrophysiological analysis of full-length NMDARs with a glycosylation-preventing GluN1-N440Q mutation, and demonstrate an increase in the glycine EC50 value. Overall, our results suggest an intramolecular potentiating role of glycans on NMDA receptors. |
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spelling | pubmed-53812722017-04-10 Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors Sinitskiy, Anton V. Stanley, Nathaniel H. Hackos, David H. Hanson, Jesse E. Sellers, Benjamin D. Pande, Vijay S. Sci Rep Article N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glycoproteins in the brain central to learning and memory. The effects of glycosylation on the structure and dynamics of NMDARs are largely unknown. In this work, we use extensive molecular dynamics simulations of GluN1 and GluN2B ligand binding domains (LBDs) of NMDARs to investigate these effects. Our simulations predict that intra-domain interactions involving the glycan attached to residue GluN1-N440 stabilize closed-clamshell conformations of the GluN1 LBD. The glycan on GluN2B-N688 shows a similar, though weaker, effect. Based on these results, and assuming the transferability of the results of LBD simulations to the full receptor, we predict that glycans at GluN1-N440 might play a potentiator role in NMDARs. To validate this prediction, we perform electrophysiological analysis of full-length NMDARs with a glycosylation-preventing GluN1-N440Q mutation, and demonstrate an increase in the glycine EC50 value. Overall, our results suggest an intramolecular potentiating role of glycans on NMDA receptors. Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5381272/ /pubmed/28378791 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44578 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Sinitskiy, Anton V. Stanley, Nathaniel H. Hackos, David H. Hanson, Jesse E. Sellers, Benjamin D. Pande, Vijay S. Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors |
title | Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors |
title_full | Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors |
title_fullStr | Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors |
title_full_unstemmed | Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors |
title_short | Computationally Discovered Potentiating Role of Glycans on NMDA Receptors |
title_sort | computationally discovered potentiating role of glycans on nmda receptors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378791 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44578 |
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