Nature Communications (Nov 2018)
Signal peptide represses GluK1 surface and synaptic trafficking through binding to amino-terminal domain
Abstract
The two kainate receptors GluK1 and GluK2 show different surface expression and synaptic trafficking. Here authors engineer chimeric GluK1-GluK2 receptors and decipher a role how the signal peptide of GluK1 behaves as a ligand of GluK1 and modifies surface expression and trafficking.