Structure, function, and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ion channels

KB Hansen, LP Wollmuth, D Bowie, H Furukawa… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many physiologic effects of l-glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian central nervous system, are mediated via signaling by ionotropic glutamate …

Therapeutic potential of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor modulators in psychiatry

JE Hanson, H Yuan, RE Perszyk, TG Banke… - …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors mediate a slow component of excitatory
synaptic transmission, are widely distributed throughout the central nervous system, and …

Classification of missense variants in the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor GRIN gene family as gain- or loss-of-function

SJ Myers, H Yuan, RE Perszyk, J Zhang… - Human Molecular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Advances in sequencing technology have generated a large amount of genetic data from
patients with neurological conditions. These data have provided diagnosis of many rare …

The 3D mutational constraint on amino acid sites in the human proteome

B Li, DM Roden, JA Capra - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Quantification of the tolerance of protein sites to genetic variation has become a cornerstone
of variant interpretation. We hypothesize that the constraint on missense variation at …

De novo GRIN variants in M3 helix associated with neurological disorders control channel gating of NMDA receptor

Y Xu, R Song, RE Perszyk, W Chen, S Kim… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are members of the glutamate receptor family
and participate in excitatory postsynaptic transmission throughout the central nervous …

Functional effects of disease-associated variants reveal that the S1–M1 linker of the NMDA receptor critically controls channel opening

L Xie, MJ McDaniel, RE Perszyk, S Kim… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
The short pre-M1 helix within the S1–M1 linker (also referred to as the pre-M1 linker)
between the agonist-binding domain (ABD, S1) and the M1 transmembrane helix of the …

Differential responses of disease‐related GRIN variants located in pore‐forming M2 domain of N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor to FDA‐approved inhibitors

R Song, J Zhang, RE Perszyk, CR Camp… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors (NMDAR), ionotropic glutamate receptors, mediate a slow
component of excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system and play a key …

Clinical and functional consequences of GRIA variants in patients with neurological diseases

W XiangWei, RE Perszyk, N Liu, Y Xu… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
AMPA receptors are members of the glutamate receptor family and mediate a fast
component of excitatory synaptic transmission at virtually all central synapses. Thus, their …

A unified analysis of evolutionary and population constraint in protein domains highlights structural features and pathogenic sites

SA MacGowan, F Madeira, T Britto-Borges… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Protein evolution is constrained by structure and function, creating patterns in residue
conservation that are routinely exploited to predict structure and other features. Similar …

Ligand distances as key predictors of pathogenicity and function in NMDA receptors

L Montanucci, T Brünger, N Bhattarai… - Human Molecular …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genetic variants in the genes GRIN1, GRIN2A, GRIN2B, and GRIN2D, which encode
subunits of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), have been associated with severe …