Probing the pore region of recombinant N-methyl-D-aspartate channels using external and internal magnesium block.
AUTOR(ES)
Kupper, J
RESUMO
Mg2+ ions block N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) channels by entering the pore from either the extracellular or the cytoplasmic side of the membrane in a voltage-dependent manner. We have used these two different block phenomena to probe the structure of the subunits forming NMDA channels. We have made several amino acid substitutions downstream of the Q/R/N site in the TMII region of both NR1 and NR2A subunits. Mutant NR1 subunits were coexpressed with wild-type NR2A subunits and vice versa in Xenopus oocytes. We found that individually mutating the first two amino acid residues downstream to the Q/R/N site affects mostly the block by external Mg2+. Mutations of residues five to seven positions downstream of the Q/R/N site do not influence the external Mg2+ block, but clearly influence the block by internal Mg2+. These data add support to the hypothesis that there are two separate binding sites for external and internal Mg2+ block. They also indicate that the C-terminal end of TMII contributes to the inner vestibule of the pore of NMDA channels and thus provide additional evidence that TMII forms a loop that reemerges toward the cytoplasmic side of the membrane.
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