Signal peptide represses GluK1 surface and synaptic trafficking through binding to amino-terminal domain

The two kainate receptors GluK1 and GluK2 show different surface expression and synaptic trafficking. Here authors engineer chimeric GluK1-GluK2 receptors and decipher a role how the signal peptide of GluK1 behaves as a ligand of GluK1 and modifies surface expression and trafficking.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gui-Fang Duan, Yaxin Ye, Sha Xu, Wucheng Tao, Shiping Zhao, Tengchuan Jin, Roger A. Nicoll, Yun Stone Shi, Nengyin Sheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07403-7