The two kainate receptors GluK1 and GluK2 show different surface expression and synaptic trafficking. Here authors engineer chimeric GluK1-GluK2 receptors and decipher a role how the signal peptide of GluK1 behaves as a ligand of GluK1 and modifies surface expression and trafficking.
- Gui-Fang Duan
- Yaxin Ye
- Nengyin Sheng
