Calpain cleavage of brain glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 is pathological and impairs GABA neurotransmission.

Previously, we have shown that the GABA synthesizing enzyme, L-glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) is cleaved to form its truncated form (tGAD65) which is 2-3 times more active than the full length form (fGAD65). The enzyme responsible for cleavage was later identified as calpain. Calpain is know...

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Main Authors: Chandana Buddhala, Marjorie Suarez, Jigar Modi, Howard Prentice, Zhiyuan Ma, Rui Tao, Jang Yen Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3299728?pdf=render