title: Molecular dissection of the photoreceptor ribbon synapse: physical interaction of Bassoon and RIBEYE is essential for the assembly of the ribbon complex.
abstract: The ribbon complex of retinal photoreceptor synapses represents a specialization of the cytomatrix at the active zone (CAZ) present at conventional synapses. In mice deficient for the CAZ protein Bassoon, ribbons are not anchored to the presynaptic membrane but float freely in the cytoplasm. Exploiting this phenotype, we dissected the molecular structure of the photoreceptor ribbon complex. Identifiable CAZ proteins segregate into two compartments at the ribbon: a ribbon-associated compartment including Piccolo, RIBEYE, CtBP1/BARS, RIM1, and the motor protein KIF3A, and an active zone compartment including RIM2, Munc13-1, a Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunit, and ERC2/CAST1. A direct interaction between the ribbon-specific protein RIBEYE and Bassoon seems to link the two compartments and is responsible for the physical integrity of the photoreceptor ribbon complex. Finally, we found the RIBEYE homologue CtBP1 at ribbon and conventional synapses, suggesting a novel role for the CtBP/BARS family in the molecular assembly and function of central nervous system synapses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanatomy, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, D-60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: tom Dieck
authors.forename: Wilko D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Altrock
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kessels
authors.forename: Britta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Qualmann
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Regus
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brauner
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fejtová
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bracko
authors.forename: Eckart D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Gundelfinger
authors.forename: Johann H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Brandstätter
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000818:Animals; D056970:Co-Repressor Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C498441:Bsn protein, mouse; D056970:Co-Repressor Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C111341:Ctbp2 protein, mouse
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