Steven Coultrap, PhD

Research Scientist, Pharmacology

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Pharmacology

Publications

  • Brown CN, Chao FY, Quang D, Rumian NL, Kleinjan MS, Coultrap SJ, Bayer KU. Aß impairs the LTP-related movement of endogenous CaMKII but not of exogenous GFP-CaMKII. Mol Biol Cell. 2025 May 1;36(5):ar60. PubMed PMID: 40137857
  • Brown CN, Blaine RE, Barker CM, Coultrap SJ, Bayer KU. The neuroprotective ?-hydroxybutyrate analog 3-hydroxycyclopent-1-enecarboxylic acid does not directly affect CaMKIIa autophosphorylation at T286 or binding to GluN2B. Mol Pharmacol. 2025 Apr;107(4):100029. PubMed PMID: 40184780
  • Brown CN, Barker CM, Miller CN, Aoto J, Coultrap SJ, Bayer KU. CaMKII monomers are sufficient for GluN2B binding, co-condensation, and synaptic potentiation. bioRxiv. 2025 Jul 4. PubMed PMID: 40631338
  • Larsen ME, Barker CM, Vargas RS, Coultrap SJ, Bayer KU. The CaMKII D135N mutation blocks kinase activity and reduces GluN2B binding. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 41000711
  • Tullis, J. E., Larsen, M. E., Rumian, N. L., Freund, R. K., Boxer, E. E., Brown, C. N., Coultrap, S. J., Schulman, H., Aoto, J., Dell’Acqua, M. L., and Bayer, K. U. (2023) LTP induction by structural rather than enzymatic functions of CaMKII. Nature 621(7977): 146-153.
  • Rumian, N. L., Freund, R. K., Dell’Acqua, M. L., Coultrap, S. J., and Bayer, K.U. (2023) Synaptic and behavioral impairments seen in aging are caused by CaMKII hypo-nitrosylation/oxidation. Science Signaling. 16(795): eade5892.
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