NMDA receptors (NMDARs) comprise a subclass of neurotransmitter receptors whose surface expression is regulated at multiple levels, including processing in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), intracellular trafficking via the Golgi apparatus, internalization, recycling, and degradation. With respect to early processing, NMDARs are regulated by the availability of GluN subunits within the ER, the presence of ER retention and export signals, and posttranslational modifications, including phosphorylation and palmitoylation. However, the role of N-glycosylation, one of the most common posttranslational modifications, in regulating NMDAR processing has not been studied in detail. Using biochemistry, confocal and electron microscopy, and electrophysiology in conjunction with a lentivirus-based molecular replacement strategy, we found that NMDARs are released from the ER only when two asparagine residues in the GluN1 subunit (Asn-203 and Asn-368) are N-glycosylated. Although the GluN2A and GluN2B subunits are also N-glycosylated, their N-glycosylation sites do not appear to be essential for surface delivery of NMDARs. Furthermore, we found that removing N-glycans from native NMDARs altered the receptor affinity for glutamate. Our results suggest a novel mechanism by which neurons ensure that postsynaptic membranes contain sufficient numbers of functional NMDARs.

From the Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v v i Videnska 1083 14220 Prague 4 Czech Republic

From the Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v v i Videnska 1083 14220 Prague 4 Czech Republic the Department of Physiology Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Albertov 6 12843 Prague 2 Czech Republic

the Advanced Imaging Core NIDCD National Institutes of Health Bethesda Maryland 20892

the Department of Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience Research Institute Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul 110 799 South Korea and

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