[Scaffold proteins (MAGUK, Shank and Homer) in postsynaptic density in the central nervous system].
The postsynaptic density (PSD) is a dynamic multi-protein complex attached to the postsynaptic membrane composed of several hundred proteins such as receptors and channels, scaffolding and adaptor proteins, cell-adhesion proteins, cytoskeletal proteins, G-proteins and their modulators and signaling molecules including kinases and phosphtases. This review focuses on the prominent PSD scaffolds proteins such as members of the MAGUK (membrane-associated guanylyl kinase), Shank (SH3 domain and ankyrin repeat-containing protein) and Homer families. These molecules interact simultaneously with different kinds of receptors and modulate their function by linking the receptors to downstream signaling events. For example PSD 95, a main member of MAGUK family, interacts directly with carboxyl termini of NMDA receptor subunits and clusters them to the postsynaptic membrane. In addition, PSD 95 is involved in binding and organizing proteins connected with NMDAR signaling. Based on the modular character and ability to form multiproteins interactions, MAGUK, Shank and Homer are perfectly suited to act as a major scaffold in postsynaptic density.
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Pracownia Biologii Molekularnej, Instytut Medycyny Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej im. M. Mossakowskiego, Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa. mberesewicz@cmdik.pan.pl
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D000072233:Homer Scaffolding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000072233:Homer Scaffolding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C033652:postsynaptic density proteins