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The N-terminal domain of gamma-aminobutyric Acid(B) receptors is sufficient to specify agonist and antagonist binding

Malitschek, B. and Schweizer, C. and Keir, M. and Heid, J. and Froestl, W. and Mosbacher, J. and Kuhn, R. and Henley, J. and Joly, C. and Pin, J. P. and Kaupmann, K. and Bettler, B.. (1999) The N-terminal domain of gamma-aminobutyric Acid(B) receptors is sufficient to specify agonist and antagonist binding. Molecular pharmacology, Vol. 56, H. 2. pp. 448-454.

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Abstract

The recently identified gamma-aminobutyric acid type B receptors (GABA(B)Rs) share low sequence similarity with the metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors. Like the mGlu receptors, the N-terminal extracellular domain (NTED) of GABA(B)Rs is proposed to be related to bacterial periplasmic binding proteins (PBPs). However, in contrast to the mGlu receptors, the GABA(B)Rs lack a cysteine-rich region that links the PBP-like domain to the first transmembrane domain. This cysteine-rich region is necessary for the PBP-like domain of mGlu receptors to bind glutamate. To delimit the ligand-binding domain of GABA(B)Rs, we constructed a series of chimeric GABA(B)R1/mGluR1 and truncated GABA(B)R1 receptor mutants. We provide evidence that despite the lack of a cysteine-rich region, the NTED of GABA(B)Rs contains all of the structural information that is necessary and sufficient for ligand binding. Moreover, a soluble protein corresponding to the NTED of GABA(B)Rs reproduces the binding pharmacology of wild-type receptors. This demonstrates that the ligand-binding domain of the GABA(B)Rs can correctly fold when dissociated from the transmembrane domains.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Physiology > Molecular Neurobiology Synaptic Plasticity (Bettler)
UniBasel Contributors:Bettler, Bernhard
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Academic Press
ISSN:0026-895X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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