Shank, a novel family of postsynaptic density proteins that binds to the NMDA receptor/PSD-95/GKAP complex and cortactin.
NMDA receptors are linked to intracellular cytoskeletal and signaling molecules via the PSD-95 protein complex. We report a novel family of postsynaptic density (PSD) proteins, termed Shank, that binds via its PDZ domain to the C terminus of PSD-95-associated protein GKAP. A ternary complex of Shank/GKAP/PSD-95 assembles in heterologous cells ... and can be coimmunoprecipitated from rat brain. Synaptic localization of Shank in neurons is inhibited by a GKAP splice variant that lacks the Shank-binding C terminus. In addition to its PDZ domain, Shank contains a proline-rich region that binds to cortactin and a SAM domain that mediates multimerization. Shank may function as a scaffold protein in the PSD, potentially cross-linking NMDA receptor/PSD-95 complexes and coupling them to regulators of the actin cytoskeleton.
Mesh Terms:
Actins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Animals, COS Cells, Carrier Proteins, Cortactin, Cytoskeleton, Hippocampus, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Microfilament Proteins, Microscopy, Immunoelectron, Molecular Sequence Data, Multigene Family, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neurons, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Rabbits, Rats, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Synapses
Actins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Animals, COS Cells, Carrier Proteins, Cortactin, Cytoskeleton, Hippocampus, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Microfilament Proteins, Microscopy, Immunoelectron, Molecular Sequence Data, Multigene Family, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neurons, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Rabbits, Rats, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Synapses
Neuron
Date: Jul. 01, 1999
PubMed ID: 10433268
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