
pmid: 27369185
Postsynaptic scaffolding proteins interact with numerous synaptic proteins to ensure the organization and specialization of functional excitatory and inhibitory synapses. IQSECs (IQ motif and SEC7 domain-containing proteins) are a class of ADP ribosylation factor-guanine nucleotide exchange factors (ARF-GEFs), whose functions are beginning to be understood as both scaffolding and signaling proteins. Specifically, IQSEC1 binds to PSD-95, and IQSEC2 functions as a regulator of AMPA receptor trafficking at excitatory synapses, whereas IQSEC3 interacts with gephyrin to promote inhibitory synapse development. Here, I review the currently known findings on IQSECs and discuss the possible relations between dysfunctions of IQSECs and the pathophysiology of brain disorders.
570, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/genetics, ARF-GEF, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/metabolism*, 610, Carrier Proteins/metabolism, Synaptic Transmission, Synaptic formation, Protein Domains, IQSECs, Brain/metabolism, Animals, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Humans, Neuronal Plasticity, XLID, Mental Disorders, Synapses/metabolism*, ARF, Brain, Membrane Proteins, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/chemistry, Mental Disorders/metabolism, Synapses, Membrane Proteins/metabolism, Carrier Proteins
570, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/genetics, ARF-GEF, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/metabolism*, 610, Carrier Proteins/metabolism, Synaptic Transmission, Synaptic formation, Protein Domains, IQSECs, Brain/metabolism, Animals, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Humans, Neuronal Plasticity, XLID, Mental Disorders, Synapses/metabolism*, ARF, Brain, Membrane Proteins, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/chemistry, Mental Disorders/metabolism, Synapses, Membrane Proteins/metabolism, Carrier Proteins
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