Auxiliary subunits keep AMPA receptors compact during activation and desensitization

Signal transduction at vertebrate excitatory synapses involves the rapid activation of AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate) receptors, glutamate-gated ion channels whose four subunits assemble as a dimer-of-dimers. Technical advances in cryo-electron microscopy brought a slew of...

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Main Authors: Jelena Baranovic, Andrew JR Plested
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/40548