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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2023

Organizing the synaptic junctions.

Qiangjun Zhou

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 56% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Modification of the synaptic cleft under excitatory conditions.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qiangjun ZhouDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Electronic address: qiangjun.zhou@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey L Neul · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
Molecular Mechanism and Regulation of Asynchronous ReleaseR00MH113764 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, QIANGJUN · 2020 to 2022
$719k
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103537NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH113764
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic adhesion molecules (SAMs) are essential for driving the formation, maturation, and plasticity of synaptic connections for neural networks. MAM domain-containing glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors (MDGAs) are a type of SAM that regulates the formation of trans-synaptic bridges, which are critical for neurotransmission and synaptic differentiation. In a recent issue of the JBC, Lee et al. uncovered that MDGA1 can control protein-protein interactions and synaptic cleft activity by adopting different global 3D conformations. This novel molecular mechanism may be applicable to other SAMs that regulate protein-protein interactions and nanoscale organization in the synaptic cleft.

Indexed as

Cell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalSynapsesCell CommunicationSynaptic TransmissionCell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronalglobal 3D conformationMDGA1neurexinneuroliginsynaptic adhesion moleculesynaptic clefttrans-synaptic

Identifiers

PMID37060998
PMCPMC10192912
OpenAlexW4365459774

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