title: Delta/notch-like epidermal growth factor (EGF)-related receptor, a novel EGF-like repeat-containing protein targeted to dendrites of developing and adult central nervous system neurons.
abstract: We have identified a novel epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeat-containing single-pass transmembrane protein that is specifically expressed in the developing and mature central nervous system. Sequence analysis revealed that the 10 EGF-like repeats in the extracellular domain are closely related to those of the developmentally important receptor Notch and its ligand Delta. We thus named the molecule Delta/Notch-like EGF-related receptor (DNER). DNER protein is strongly expressed in several types of post-mitotic neurons, including cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons, cerebellar granule cells, and Purkinje cells. DNER protein is localized to the dendritic plasma membrane and endosomes and is excluded from the axons, even when overexpressed. The tyrosine-based sorting motif in the cytoplasmic domain is required for dendritic targeting of DNER. Direct in vivo binding of DNER to the coat-associated protein complex AP-1 strongly suggests that DNER undergoes AP-1-dependent sorting to the somatodendritic compartments from the trans-Golgi network and subsequent passage through the endosomal system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan.
authors.forename: Mototsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eiraku
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeshima
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Mineko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kengaku
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004705:Endocytosis; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C462501:DNER protein, human; C486765:Dner protein, mouse; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1