Expression cloning of GABA(B) receptors uncovers similarity to metabotropic glutamate receptors

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Kaupmann, K [1 ]
Huggel, K [1 ]
Heid, J [1 ]
Flor, PJ [1 ]
Bischoff, S [1 ]
Mickel, SJ [1 ]
McMaster, G [1 ]
Angst, C [1 ]
Bittiger, H [1 ]
Froestl, W [1 ]
Bettler, B [1 ]
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[1] NOVARTIS PHARMA INC,RES DEPT,THERAPEUT AREA NERVOUS SYST,CH-4002 BASEL,SWITZERLAND
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10.1038/386239a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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GABA (gamma-amino-butyric acid), the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, signals through ionotropic (GABA(A)/ GABA(C)) and metabotropic (GABA(B)) receptor systems. Here we report the cloning of GABA(B) receptors. Photoaffinity labelling experiments suggest that the cloned receptors correspond to two highly conserved GABA(B) receptor forms present in the vertebrate nervous system. The cloned receptors negatively couple to adenylyl cyclase and show sequence similarity to the metabotropic receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter L-glutamate.
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