XB-ART-9647
Neuron
2000 Dec 01;283:911-25. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)00163-x.
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Molecular organization of a zinc binding n-terminal modulatory domain in a NMDA receptor subunit.
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Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) bind agonists in a domain that has been crystallized and shown to have a bilobed structure. Eukaryotic iGluRs also possess a second extracellular N-terminal domain related to the bacterial periplasmic binding protein LIVBP. In NMDA receptors, the high-affinity Zn inhibition is eliminated by mutations in the LIVBP-like domain of the NR2A subunit. Using LIVBP structure, we have modeled this domain as two lobes connected by a hinge and show that six residues controlling Zn inhibition form two clusters facing each other across a central cleft. Upon Zn binding the two lobes close tightly around the divalent cation. Thus, the extracellular region of NR2A consists of a tandem of Venus flytrap domains, one binding the agonist and the other a modulatory ligand. Such a functional organization may apply to other eukaryotic iGluRs.
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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: grin2a