Structural highlights
Function
[DLG4_RAT] Interacts with the cytoplasmic tail of NMDA receptor subunits and shaker-type potassium channels. Required for synaptic plasticity associated with NMDA receptor signaling. Overexpression or depletion of DLG4 changes the ratio of excitatory to inhibitory synapses in hippocampal neurons. May reduce the amplitude of ASIC3 acid-evoked currents by retaining the channel intracellularly. May regulate the intracellular trafficking of ADR1B.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
PDZ domain proteins play critical roles in binding, clustering and subcellular targeting of membrane receptors and ion channels. PDZ domains in multi-PDZ proteins often are arranged in groups with highly conserved spacing and intervening sequences; however, the functional significance of such tandem arrangements of PDZs is unclear. We have solved the three-dimensional structure of the first two PDZ domains of postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95 PDZ1 and PDZ2), which are closely linked to each other in the PSD-95 family of scaffold proteins. The two PDZs have limited freedom of rotation and their C-terminal peptide-binding grooves are aligned with each other with an orientation preference for binding to pairs of C termini extending in the same direction. Increasing the spacing between PDZ1 and PDZ2 resulted in decreased binding between PDZ12 and its dimeric targets. The same mutation impaired the functional ability of PSD-95 to cluster Kv1.4 potassium channels in heterologous cells. The data presented provide a molecular basis for preferential binding of PSD-95 to multimeric membrane proteins with appropriate C-terminal sequences.
Supramodular structure and synergistic target binding of the N-terminal tandem PDZ domains of PSD-95.,Long JF, Tochio H, Wang P, Fan JS, Sala C, Niethammer M, Sheng M, Zhang M J Mol Biol. 2003 Mar 14;327(1):203-14. PMID:12614619[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Hruska-Hageman AM, Benson CJ, Leonard AS, Price MP, Welsh MJ. PSD-95 and Lin-7b interact with acid-sensing ion channel-3 and have opposite effects on H+- gated current. J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 5;279(45):46962-8. Epub 2004 Aug 17. PMID:15317815 doi:10.1074/jbc.M405874200
- ↑ Prange O, Wong TP, Gerrow K, Wang YT, El-Husseini A. A balance between excitatory and inhibitory synapses is controlled by PSD-95 and neuroligin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Sep 21;101(38):13915-20. Epub 2004 Sep 9. PMID:15358863 doi:10.1073/pnas.0405939101
- ↑ Long JF, Tochio H, Wang P, Fan JS, Sala C, Niethammer M, Sheng M, Zhang M. Supramodular structure and synergistic target binding of the N-terminal tandem PDZ domains of PSD-95. J Mol Biol. 2003 Mar 14;327(1):203-14. PMID:12614619
