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Weiqi Gu

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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GluDs are ionotropic dopamine receptors tuned by G-proteins

Haobo Wang, Mae G. Weaver, Elisa Cristina Carrillo, Iris Zheng, Weiqi Gu, Jeffrey Khau, Anish Kumar Mondal, Anthony Yanez, Evan S. O’Brien, Vasanthi Jayaraman, Edward C. Twomey

The paper identifies dopamine as a direct agonist of GluDs, showing G-protein regulation of their activity and implications for neurological diseases.

bioRxiv · May 13, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics