Publication Abstract from PubMed
AMPA receptors mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission and are essential for synaptic plasticity. ANQX, a photoreactive AMPA receptor antagonist, is an important biological probe used to irreversibly inactivate AMPA receptors. Here, using X-ray crystallography and mass spectroscopy, we report that ANQX forms two major products in the presence of the GluR2 AMPAR ligand-binding core (S1S2J). Upon photostimulation, ANQX reacts intramolecularly to form FQX or intermolecularly to form a covalent adduct with Glu705.
6-Azido-7-nitro-1,4-dihydroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (ANQX) Forms an Irreversible Bond To the Active Site of the GluR2 AMPA Receptor.,Cruz LA, Estebanez-Perpina E, Pfaff S, Borngraeber S, Bao N, Blethrow J, Fletterick RJ, England PM J Med Chem. 2008 Aug 28. PMID:18754610[1]
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