Disease-associated missense mutations in GluN2B subunit alter NMDA receptor ligand binding and ion channel properties

N-methyl-d-aspartate-receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate receptors critical for synaptic transmission, plasticity, and cognition. Here, the authors look at four neurodevelopmental disease-related mutations of NMDAR, gaining insight into binding of Mg2+ and mechanism of memantine, an NMDAR antagonist.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laura Fedele, Joseph Newcombe, Maya Topf, Alasdair Gibb, Robert J. Harvey, Trevor G. Smart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02927-4