Opening the Kainate Receptor (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Opening the Kainate Receptor

Caption

Models of the kainate receptor show how glutamate binds to the closed state (left) and causes conformational changes that open the channel (right). Images are from a movie created by the Sobolevsky lab.

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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