Assembly and cell surface presentation of NMDA receptors (Homo sapiens)
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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are tetramers that consist of two GluN1 (GRIN1) subunits and two subunits that belong to either the GluN2 (GRIN2) subfamily (GluN2A, GluN2B, GluN2C and GluN2D) or the GluN3 (GRIN3) subfamily (GluN3A and GluN3B). The GluN2/GluN3 subunits in the NMDA tetramer can either be identical, constituting an NMDA di-heteromer (di-heterotetramer), which consists of two subunit types, GluN1 and one of GluN2s/GluN3s, or they can be two different GluN2/GluN3 proteins, constituting an NMDA tri-heteromer (tri-heterotetramer), which consists of three subunit types, GluN1 and two of GluN2s/GluN3s (Monyer et al. 1992, Wafford et al. 1993, Sheng et al. 1994, Dunah et al. 1998, Perez-Otano et al. 2001, Chatterton et al. 2002, Matsuda et al. 2002, Yamakura et al. 2005, Nilsson et al. 2007, Hansen et al. 2014, Kaiser et al. 2018, Bhattacharya et al. 2018, Bhattacharya and Traynelis 2018).
NMDA tetramers assemble in the endoplasmic reticulum and traffic to the plasma membrane as part of transport vesicles (McIlhinney et al. 1998, Perez-Otano et al. 2001). NMDA receptor subunits undergo N-glycosylation, which impacts their trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum to the plasma membrane. Trafficking efficiency may vary among different subunits of NMDARs (Lichnereva et al. 2015). Mechanistic details, such as glycosyl transferases involved and the type of sugar side chains added, are not known.
As there are eight splicing isoforms of GluN1, four different GluN2 and two different GluN3 proteins, many different combinations of NMDAR subunits are possible, but only a handful of distinct NMDAR receptors have been experimentally confirmed and functionally studied. The composition of NMDARs affects trafficking, spatial (including synaptic) localization, ligand preference, channel conductivity and downstream signal transmission. Prevalent NMDARs differ at different stages of neuronal development, in different regions of the central nervous system, and at different levels of neuronal activity. For review, please refer to Lau and Zukin 2007, Traynelis et al. 2010, Paoletti et al. 2013, Pérez-Otaño et al. 2016, Iacobucci and Popescu 2017. View original pathway at Reactome.
NMDA tetramers assemble in the endoplasmic reticulum and traffic to the plasma membrane as part of transport vesicles (McIlhinney et al. 1998, Perez-Otano et al. 2001). NMDA receptor subunits undergo N-glycosylation, which impacts their trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum to the plasma membrane. Trafficking efficiency may vary among different subunits of NMDARs (Lichnereva et al. 2015). Mechanistic details, such as glycosyl transferases involved and the type of sugar side chains added, are not known.
As there are eight splicing isoforms of GluN1, four different GluN2 and two different GluN3 proteins, many different combinations of NMDAR subunits are possible, but only a handful of distinct NMDAR receptors have been experimentally confirmed and functionally studied. The composition of NMDARs affects trafficking, spatial (including synaptic) localization, ligand preference, channel conductivity and downstream signal transmission. Prevalent NMDARs differ at different stages of neuronal development, in different regions of the central nervous system, and at different levels of neuronal activity. For review, please refer to Lau and Zukin 2007, Traynelis et al. 2010, Paoletti et al. 2013, Pérez-Otaño et al. 2016, Iacobucci and Popescu 2017. View original pathway at Reactome.
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receptors and
postsynaptic eventsNMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4:NEFL:ACTN2NMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4:NEFLNMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4receptors:PSD
proteinsdi-heteromers, GRIN1:GRIN2
tri-heteromersAnnotated Interactions
NMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4:NEFL:ACTN2NMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4:NEFL:ACTN2NMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4:NEFLNMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4:NEFLNMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4NMDA
receptors:DLG4:DLG1,DLG2,DLG3,DLG4receptors:PSD
proteinsdi-heteromers, GRIN1:GRIN2
tri-heteromers