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Making connections : cholinesterase-domain proteins in the CNS

Scholl, Francisco G. and Scheiffele, Peter. (2003) Making connections : cholinesterase-domain proteins in the CNS. Trends in neurosciences, Vol. 26, H. 11. pp. 618-624.

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Abstract

Recent studies have highlighted novel functions of a group of cell adhesion molecules during nervous system development. Members of this protein family are characterized by an extracellular domain with sequence homology to cholinesterases and include the neuroligins, synaptic cell adhesion molecules recently implicated in autism, and neurotactin, a cell surface receptor involved in axonal pathfinding. Although these proteins have a structural organization similar to the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, the cholinesterase domain lacks enzymatic activity and functions as a protein-protein interaction motif. This protein family provides a striking example of how the function of a catalytically active domain has evolved to mediate receptor-ligand interactions that regulate morphogenetic processes during development of the nervous system.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Neurobiology > Cell Biology (Scheiffele)
UniBasel Contributors:Scheiffele, Peter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0166-2236
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:08 Jun 2012 06:45
Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:31

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