کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1939289 1050758 2007 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The active zone protein CAST directly associates with Ligand-of-Numb protein X
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
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The active zone protein CAST directly associates with Ligand-of-Numb protein X
چکیده انگلیسی

The presynaptic active zone (AZ) is a specialized site where neurotransmitter release occurs in a precisely regulated manner. The cytomatrix at the AZ (CAZ)-associated protein CAST and its family member ELKS form a large molecular complex at the AZ and regulate neurotransmitter release by binding other AZ proteins including Bassoon, Piccolo, Munc13-1, and RIM1. Here, yeast two-hybrid screening was used to identify Ligand-of-Numb Protein X (LNX) as a potential binding partner for CAST. LNX is an interactor of Numb and has four PDZ domains. CAST bound LNX both in vivo and in vitro. This binding required the COOH-terminus of CAST and the second PDZ domain of LNX. CAST and LNX were further colocalized with each other in a heterologous expression system, in which LNX was recruited to a Triton X-insoluble structure. Moreover, exogenously expressed LNX was partially colocalized with endogenous CAST in the axonal varicosities of cultured rat hippocampal neurons. These results suggest that CAST and LNX might form a protein complex in neurons.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - Volume 354, Issue 3, 16 March 2007, Pages 686–692
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