Beta subunits of GABAA receptors are unexpectedly shown to form homomeric proton gated ion channels attributable to a single histidine residue.
This paper is a joint collaboration of 3 MolTag groups!
We congratulate the authors!
Garifulina A, Friesacher T, Stadler M, Zangerl-Plessl EM, Ernst M, Stary-Weinzinger A, Willam A, Hering S. :
β subunits of GABA A receptors form proton-gated chloride channels: Insights into the molecular basis - PubMed (nih.gov). Commun Biol. 2022 Aug 3;5(1):784. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03720-2. PMID: 35922471; PMCID: PMC9349252.
See here the Press release by University of Vienna (german).
