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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2025

PICK1 links KIBRA and AMPA receptor subunit GluA2 in coiled-coil-driven supramolecular complexes.

Xin Shao, Lenora Volk

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2025. 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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  3. PKMζ-KIBRA interactions, molecular turnover, and memory.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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Xin ShaoDepartment of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Lenora VolkDepartment of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Peter O'Donnell Jr Brain Institute Investigator, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Electronic address: lenora.volk@utsouthwestern.edu.

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Neural function of the human memory-associated protein KIBRA: bridging molecular to circuit-level functionR01MH117149 · NIMH · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI VOLK, LENORA J · 2018 to 2022
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human memory-associated protein KIBRA regulates synaptic plasticity and trafficking of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors, and is implicated in multiple neuropsychiatric and cognitive disorders. How KIBRA forms complexes with and regulates AMPA receptors remains unclear. Here, we show that KIBRA does not interact directly with the AMPA receptor subunit GluA2, but that protein interacting with C kinase 1 (PICK1), a key regulator of AMPA receptor trafficking, can serve as a bridge between KIBRA and GluA2. In contrast, KIBRA can form a complex with GluA1 independent of PICK1. We identified structural determinants of KIBRA-PICK1-AMPAR complexes by investigating interactions and cellular expression patterns of different combinations of KIBRA and PICK1 domain mutants. We find that the PICK1 BAR domain, a coiled-coil structure, is sufficient for interaction with KIBRA, whereas mutation of the PICK1 BAR domain disrupts KIBRA-PICK1-GluA2 complex formation. In addition, KIBRA recruits PICK1 into large supramolecular complexes, a process which requires KIBRA coiled-coil domains. These findings reveal molecular mechanisms by which KIBRA can organize key synaptic signaling complexes.

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Carrier ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsReceptors, AMPAAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansProtein BindingProtein DomainsCarrier ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCytoskeletal Proteinsglutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 2Intracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsPICk1 protein, humanReceptors, AMPAAMPA receptorcoiled-coilGluA1GluA2KIBRAPICK1WWC1

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