Description
Background
GLUR2, also called Glutamate receptors and mediated by a G-protein that inhibits adenylate cyclase activity, sensitive to alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolpropionate (AMPA), are ligand-activated cation channels that mediate the fast component of excitatory postsynaptic currents in neurons of the central nervous system. GLUR2’s cytogenetic location is 4q32.1. The crystal structures of the GLUR2 ligand-binding core in the apo state and in the presence of the antagonist DNQX, the partial agonist kainate, and the full agonists AMPA and glutamate. As previously demonstrated in rats, the GLUR2 in human has RNA editing, posttranscriptional change of the sequence at the mRNA level. And interruption of the interaction between C-terminal Glur2 and PDZ domain-containing proteins, such as GRIP and PICK1, resulted in increased AMPA receptor-mediated excitatory transmission and blockade of long-term depression.GLUR2 plays a major role in depression at synapses in which glutamate remains in the synaptic cleft for prolonged periods of time during normal operation of the synapse.
Data Sheet
| Form | lyophilized |
| Ig type | rabbit IgG |
| Immunogen/Antigen | A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence in the middle |
| Reconstitution | 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500μg/ml. |
| Size | 100ug/vial |
| Storage | At -20C for one year. After reconstitution, at 4C for one month. |
