Iodo-Willardiine
Sign in to save5-Iodowillardiine is a selective agonist for some kainate receptor subunits with only limited effects at AMPA receptors. It activates kainate receptors containing GluK1 (GluR5) or GluK5 (KA2) subunits, but it does not act on GluK2 (GluR6) subunits. It is an excitotoxic neurotoxin in vivo, but has proved highly useful for characterising the subtypes and function of the various kainate receptors in the brain and spinal cord.
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 324.956
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₈IN₃O₄
- isomeric SMILES
- C1=C(C(=O)NC(=O)N1C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)I
- canonical SMILES
- C1=C(C(=O)NC(=O)N1CC(C(=O)O)N)I
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5-Iodowillardiine is a selective agonist for some kainate receptor subunits with only limited effects at AMPA receptors. It activates kainate receptors containing GluK1 (GluR5) or GluK5 (KA2) subunits, but it does not act on GluK2 (GluR6) subunits. It is an excitotoxic neurotoxin in vivo, but has proved highly useful for characterising the subtypes and function of the various kainate receptors in the brain and spinal cord.
==References==
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