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PHOSPHORYLATION of glutamate receptors is probably an important mechanism for modulating excitatory transmission1–4. However, there is little direct evidence to indicate which protein phosphatases can dephosphorylate glutamate5 or other ligand-gated channels6, although it is known that protein phosphatases 1 and 2A play a major part in modulating voltage7–10 and second-messenger-gated channels11. Here we report that in cultured hippocampal neurons, the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor can be regulated by endogenous and exogenous serine/threonine protein phosphatases. Phosphatase inhibitors enhanced NMDA currents recorded using the perforated patch technique13 or in cell-attached patches, whereas protein phosphatases 1 or 2A decreased the open probability of these channels in inside-out patches.
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Wang, LY., Orser, B., Brautigan, D. et al. Regulation of NMDA receptors in cultured hippocampal neurons by protein phosphatases 1 and 2A. Nature 369, 230–232 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/369230a0
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