Skip to main content
. 2014 Jun 2;6:37. doi: 10.12703/P6-37

Table 1. Summary of data indicating the broad ligand specificity of products of the Arabidopsis GLR gene family.

GLR gene Assay system Agonist(s) Non-agonist(s) Reference
AtGLR1.4 Xenopus oocytes/
patch clamp
Met, Trp, Phe, Leu, Tyr, Asn, Thr Other proteinogenic amino acids [9]
AtGLR1.4 Knockout mutant/
cotyledons/
membrane potential measurements
Met L-Glu [9]
AtGLR3.3 Knockout mutant/roots/
membrane potential measurements
GSH, L-Ala, Asn, Cys, L-Glu, Gly, L-Ser Other proteinogenic amino acids, D-Glu, D-Ser, D-Ala, GABA, NMDA [6]
AtGLR3.3/AtGLR3.4 Knockout mutants/
hypocotyls/
membrane potential measurements
L-Glu, L-Ala, Asn, Cys, Gly, L-Ser Other proteinogenic amino acids [7]
AtGLR3.4 HEK293 cells/
patch clamp
Asn, L-Ser, Gly L-Glu, L-Ala, Cys, Phe [10]

GABA, gamma-aminobutyric acid; GLR, glutamate-like receptor; GSH, glutathione (reduced); NMDA, N-methyl D-aspartate.