Lectin-induced inhibition of desensitization of the kainate receptor GluR6 depends on the activation state and can be mediated by a single native or ectopic N-linked carbohydrate side chain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 916-927

  Everts, Inga ^a   Petroski, Robert ^b   Kizelsztein, Pablo ^c   Teichberg, Vivian I ^c   Heinemann, Stephen F ^b   Hollmann, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concanavalin A; Ectopic sites; GluR6; Kainate receptor; Lectin; Mutagenesis; N glycosylation; Receptor desensitization

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CONCANAVALIN A; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LABELING; GLYCOSYLATION; INOTROPISM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033080902     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-03-00916.1999     Document Type: Article

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