Browsing by Author "Aktolun, Muhammed"
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Correlated conformational dynamics of the human GluN1-GluN2A type N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor
Authors:Esşiz, Şebnem; Gencel, Melis; Aktolun, Muhammed; Demir, Ayhan; Carpenter, Timothy S.; Servili, Burak
Publisher and Date:(SPRINGER, 2021)N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels found in the nerve cell membranes. As a result of overexcitation of NMDARs, neuronal death occurs and may lead to diseases such as epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. In this study, human GluN1- GluN2A type NMDAR structure is modeled based on the X-ray structure of the Xenopus laevis template and missing loops are added by ab-initio loop modeling. The final structure is chosen according to two ...
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Loop modeling and molecular dynamics simulations of apo and ligand-bound human glun1-hlun2A nmda type receptors
N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels found in the nerve cell membranes. The functioning of the receptor is of crucial importance in consciousness and normal brain functions. As a result of overexcitation of NMDARs neuronal death occurs and may lead to diseases such as epilepsy stroke Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Understanding the molecular mechanism and structure function relationships of the receptor might lead to discovery of new drug target mechanisms. Recently ...