title: Unveiled α-neurexins take center stage.
abstract: Neurexins are presynaptic transmembrane proteins that play an essential role in synapse function. The crystal structures of α-neurexin extracellular domains (Chen et al., 2011; Miller et al., 2011) provide important insights into their conformational freedom and their putative spatial arrangement with binding partners in the synaptic cleft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhems-University, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reissner
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Missler