Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting
Specificity / Sensitivity
Phospho-NMDA Receptor 1 (GluN1) (Ser896) Antibody detects transfected NMDA Receptor 1 (GluN1) only when phosphorylated at serine 896.
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser896 of human NMDA Receptor 1 (GluN1). Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) forms a heterodimer of at least one NR1 and one NR2A-D subunit. Multiple receptor isoforms with distinct brain distributions and functional properties arise by selective splicing of the NR1 transcripts and differential expression of the NR2 subunits. NR1 subunits bind the co-agonist glycine and NR2 subunits bind the neurotransmitter glutamate. Activation of the NMDA receptor or opening of the ion channel allows flow of Na and Ca ions into the cell, and K out of the cell (1). Each subunit has a cytoplasmic domain that can be directly modified by the protein kinase/phosphatase (2). PKC can phosphorylate the NR1 subunit (NMDAR1) of the receptor at Ser890/Ser896, and PKA can phosphorylate NR1 at Ser897 (3). The phosphorylation of NR1 by PKC decreases its affinity for calmodulin, thus preventing the inhibitory effect of calmodulin on NMDAR (4). The phosphorylation of NR1 by PKA probably counteracts the inhibitory effect of calcineurin on the receptor (5). NMDAR mediates long-term potentiation and slow postsynaptic excitation, which play central roles in learning, neurodevelopment, and neuroplasticity (6).
Alternate Names
GluN1; glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit zeta 1; Glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit zeta-1; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 1; Glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 1; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate 1; GRIN1; MRD8; N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor channel, subunit zeta-1; N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR1; NDHMSD; NDHMSR; NMD-R1; NMDA1; NMDAR1; NMDZ1; NR1
