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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2016

Conformational Plasticity in the Transsynaptic Neurexin-Cerebellin-Glutamate Receptor Adhesion Complex.

Shouqiang Cheng, Alpay B Seven, Jing Wang, Georgios Skiniotis, Engin Özkan

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Glutamate Delta 1 Receptor in Synapses, Circuits, and Disease.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026
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  9. Alpha-neurexins in health and disease.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2025
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  13. Cbln1 Directs Axon Targeting by Corticospinal Neurons Specifically toward Thoraco-Lumbar Spinal Cord.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  14. Structure and evolution of neuronal wiring receptors and ligands.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shouqiang ChengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Alpay B SevenDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Jing WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Georgios SkiniotisDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Engin ÖzkanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: eozkan@uchicago.edu.
University of Chicago · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Re-Engineering Translational Research at the University of ChicagoUL1TR000430 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SOLWAY, JULIAN · 2012 to 2016
$20.2M
Architectural Basis of Leptin Transmembrane SignalingR01DK090165 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SKINIOTIS, GEORGIOS · 2011 to 2017
$2.3M
Molecular Recognition Principles, Engineering and Function of Neural Wiring ReceptorsR01NS097161 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI OZKAN, ENGIN · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
Silicon Mechanics Compute ClusterS10OD020011 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SKINIOTIS, GEORGIOS · 2015 to 2015
$490k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000430NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090165NIH HHS S10 OD020011NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic specificity is a defining property of neural networks. In the cerebellum, synapses between parallel fiber neurons and Purkinje cells are specified by the simultaneous interactions of secreted protein cerebellin with pre-synaptic neurexin and post-synaptic delta-type glutamate receptors (GluD). Here, we determined the crystal structures of the trimeric C1q-like domain of rat cerebellin-1, and the first complete ectodomain of a GluD, rat GluD2. Cerebellin binds to the LNS6 domain of α- and β-neurexin-1 through a high-affinity interaction that involves its highly flexible N-terminal domain. In contrast, we show that the interaction of cerebellin with isolated GluD2 ectodomain is low affinity, which is not simply an outcome of lost avidity when compared with binding with a tetrameric full-length receptor. Rather, high-affinity capture of cerebellin by post-synaptic terminals is likely controlled by long-distance regulation within this transsynaptic complex. Altogether, our results suggest unusual conformational flexibility within all components of the complex.

Indexed as

AnimalsCrystallography, X-RayHumansModels, MolecularNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationProtein PrecursorsProtein Structure, SecondaryRatsReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, GlutamateCbln1 protein, ratglutamate receptor delta 2Nerve Tissue ProteinsNrxn1 protein, ratProtein PrecursorsReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, Glutamatecerebellincrystal structureglutamate receptor delta-2negative-stain single-particle electron microscopyneurexinstructural flexibilitysynapse

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PMID27926833
PMCPMC5149402
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