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GRIP: a synaptic PDZ domain-containing protein that interacts with AMPA receptors.

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Dong, H; O'Brien, RJ; Fung, ET; Lanahan, AA; Worley, PF; Huganir, RL
Published in: Nature
March 20, 1997

AMPA glutamate receptors mediate the majority of rapid excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system and play a role in the synaptic plasticity underlying learning and memory. AMPA receptors are heteromeric complexes of four homologous subunits (GluR1-4) that differentially combine to form a variety of AMPA receptor subtypes. These subunits are thought to have a large extracellular amino-terminal domain, three transmembrane domains and an intracellular carboxy-terminal domain. AMPA receptors are localized at excitatory synapses and are not found on adjacent inhibitory synapses enriched in GABA(A) receptors. The targeting of neurotransmitter receptors, such as AMPA receptors, and ion channels to synapses is essential for efficient transmission. A protein motif called a PDZ domain is important in the targeting of a variety of membrane proteins to cell-cell junctions including synapses. Here we identify a synaptic PDZ domain-containing protein GRIP (glutamate receptor interacting protein) that specifically interacts with the C termini of AMPA receptors. GRIP is a new member of the PDZ domain-containing protein family which has seven PDZ domains and no catalytic domain. GRIP appears to serve as an adapter protein that links AMPA receptors to other proteins and may be critical for the clustering of AMPA receptors at excitatory synapses in the brain.

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Nature

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0028-0836

Publication Date

March 20, 1997

Volume

386

Issue

6622

Start / End Page

279 / 284

Location

England

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  • Receptors, AMPA
  • Receptor Aggregation
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Dong, H., O’Brien, R. J., Fung, E. T., Lanahan, A. A., Worley, P. F., & Huganir, R. L. (1997). GRIP: a synaptic PDZ domain-containing protein that interacts with AMPA receptors. Nature, 386(6622), 279–284. https://doi.org/10.1038/386279a0
Dong, H., R. J. O’Brien, E. T. Fung, A. A. Lanahan, P. F. Worley, and R. L. Huganir. “GRIP: a synaptic PDZ domain-containing protein that interacts with AMPA receptors.Nature 386, no. 6622 (March 20, 1997): 279–84. https://doi.org/10.1038/386279a0.
Dong H, O’Brien RJ, Fung ET, Lanahan AA, Worley PF, Huganir RL. GRIP: a synaptic PDZ domain-containing protein that interacts with AMPA receptors. Nature. 1997 Mar 20;386(6622):279–84.
Dong, H., et al. “GRIP: a synaptic PDZ domain-containing protein that interacts with AMPA receptors.Nature, vol. 386, no. 6622, Mar. 1997, pp. 279–84. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/386279a0.
Dong H, O’Brien RJ, Fung ET, Lanahan AA, Worley PF, Huganir RL. GRIP: a synaptic PDZ domain-containing protein that interacts with AMPA receptors. Nature. 1997 Mar 20;386(6622):279–284.
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Published In

Nature

DOI

ISSN

0028-0836

Publication Date

March 20, 1997

Volume

386

Issue

6622

Start / End Page

279 / 284

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Transfection
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Synapses
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Receptors, AMPA
  • Receptor Aggregation
  • Rats
  • Neurons
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins