5jxc

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SynGAP Coiled-coil trimer

Structural highlights

5jxc is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.5Å
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

SYGP1_MOUSE Major constituent of the PSD essential for postsynaptic signaling. Inhibitory regulator of the Ras-cAMP pathway. Member of the NMDAR signaling complex in excitatory synapses, it may play a role in NMDAR-dependent control of AMPAR potentiation, AMPAR membrane trafficking and synaptic plasticity. Regulates AMPAR-mediated miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents. Exhibits dual GTPase-activating specificity for Ras and Rap. May be involved in certain forms of brain injury, leading to long-term learning and memory deficits (By similarity).

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Postsynaptic densities (PSDs) are membrane semi-enclosed, submicron protein-enriched cellular compartments beneath postsynaptic membranes, which constantly exchange their components with bulk aqueous cytoplasm in synaptic spines. Formation and activity-dependent modulation of PSDs is considered as one of the most basic molecular events governing synaptic plasticity in the nervous system. In this study, we discover that SynGAP, one of the most abundant PSD proteins and a Ras/Rap GTPase activator, forms a homo-trimer and binds to multiple copies of PSD-95. Binding of SynGAP to PSD-95 induces phase separation of the complex, forming highly concentrated liquid-like droplets reminiscent of the PSD. The multivalent nature of the SynGAP/PSD-95 complex is critical for the phase separation to occur and for proper activity-dependent SynGAP dispersions from the PSD. In addition to revealing a dynamic anchoring mechanism of SynGAP at the PSD, our results also suggest a model for phase-transition-mediated formation of PSD.

Phase Transition in Postsynaptic Densities Underlies Formation of Synaptic Complexes and Synaptic Plasticity.,Zeng M, Shang Y, Araki Y, Guo T, Huganir RL, Zhang M Cell. 2016 Aug 25;166(5):1163-1175.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.07.008. PMID:27565345^[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Zeng M, Shang Y, Araki Y, Guo T, Huganir RL, Zhang M. Phase Transition in Postsynaptic Densities Underlies Formation of Synaptic Complexes and Synaptic Plasticity. Cell. 2016 Aug 25;166(5):1163-1175.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.07.008. PMID:27565345 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.07.008