相互作用タンパク質であるGTRAP3-18によってニューロングルタミン酸トランスポーターEAAC1の調節

C I Lin1, I Orlov, A M Ruggiero

  • 1Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

Nature
|March 10, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

GTRAP3-18という新たに特定されたタンパク質は,ニューロンの主要なグルタミン酸トランスポーターである刺激性アミノ酸キャリア1 (EAAC1) の機能を調節する. GTRAP3-18のアップレギュレーションはグルタミン酸輸送を減少させ,EAAC1に影響を及ぼします.

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