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ArticleCell research2021

Gephyrin-mediated formation of inhibitory postsynaptic density sheet via phase separation.

Guanhua Bai, Yu Wang, Mingjie Zhang

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Article in Cell research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guanhua BaiDivision of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6332-8941
Yu WangDivision of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Mingjie ZhangDivision of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. mzhang@ust.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9404-0190
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitory synapses are also known as symmetric synapses due to their lack of prominent postsynaptic densities (PSDs) under a conventional electron microscope (EM). Recent cryo-EM tomography studies indicated that inhibitory synapses also contain PSDs, albeit with a rather thin sheet-like structure. It is not known how such inhibitory PSD (iPSD) sheet might form. Here, we demonstrate that the key inhibitory synapse scaffold protein gephyrin, when in complex with either glycine or GABA

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AnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyDyneinsElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelEscherichia coliGlycineHeLa CellsHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLipid BilayersMembrane ProteinsPhosphorylationPost-Synaptic DensityProtein BindingProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationDyneinsgephyrinGlycineLipid BilayersMembrane ProteinsReceptors, GABA-AReceptors, GlycineRecombinant ProteinsSolutions

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PMID33139925
PMCPMC8027005
OpenAlexW3095738444

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