Interaction of nitric oxide synthase with the postsynaptic density protein PSD-95 and alpha1-syntrophin mediated by PDZ domains.

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is concentrated at synaptic junctions in brain and motor endplates in skeletal muscle. Here, we show that the N-terminus of nNOS, which contains a PDZ protein motif, interacts with similar motifs in postsynaptic density-95 protein (PSD-95) and a related novel protein, PSD-93.nNOS and PSD-95 are ...
coexpressed in numerous neuronal populations, and a PSD-95/nNOS complex occurs in cerebellum. PDZ domain interactions also mediate binding of nNOS to skeletal muscle syntrophin, a dystrophin-associated protein. nNOS isoforms lacking a PDZ domain, identified in nNOSdelta/delta mutant mice, do not associate with PSD-95 in brain or with skeletal muscle sarcolemma. Interaction of PDZ-containing domains therefore mediates synaptic association of nNOS and may play a more general role in formation of macromolecular signaling complexes.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, Binding Sites, Brain, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Cell Membrane, DNA Primers, Embryo, Mammalian, Exons, Gene Expression, Guanylate Kinase, In Situ Hybridization, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Models, Structural, Molecular Sequence Data, Muscle Proteins, Muscle, Skeletal, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neurons, Nitric Oxide Synthase, Organ Specificity, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Protein Conformation, RNA, Messenger, Rats, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Signal Transduction, Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Cell
Date: Mar. 08, 1996
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