Neurexin

A receptor-like neuronal cell-surface protein

General references neurexin

Comoletti D, Grishaev A, Whitten AE, Tsigelny I, Taylor P & Trewhella J (2007). Synaptic Arrangement of the Neuroligin/beta-Neurexin Complex Revealed by X-Ray and Neutron Scattering. Structure 15: 693-705.

Craig AM & Kang Y (2007). Neurexin-neuroligin signaling in synapse development. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 17: 43-52.

Chih B, Gollan L & Scheiffele P (2006). Alternative splicing controls selective trans-synaptic interactions of the neuroligin-neurexin complex. Neuron 51: 171-8.

Lise MF & El-Husseini A (2006). The neuroligin and neurexin families: from structure to function at the synapse. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 63: 1833-49. Review

Paraoanu LE, Becker-Roeck M, Christ E & Layer PG (2006). Expression patterns of neurexin-1 and neuroligins in brain and retina of the chick embryo: Neuroligin-3 is absent in retina. Neuroscience Letters 395: 114-7.

Dresbach T, Neeb A, Meyer G, Gundelfinger ED & Brose N (2004). Synaptic targeting of neuroligin is independent of neurexin and SAP90/PSD95 binding. Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences 27: 227-35.

Comoletti D, Flynn R, Jennings LL, Chubykin A, Matsumura T, Hasegawa H, Sudhof TC & Taylor P (2003). Characterization of the interaction of a recombinant soluble neuroligin-1 with neurexin-1beta. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278: 50497-505.

Dean C, Scholl FG, Choih J, DeMaria S, Berger J, Isacoff E & Scheiffele P (2003). Neurexin mediates the assembly of presynaptic terminals. Nature Neuroscience 6: 708-16.

Tabuchi K & Sudhof TC (2002). Structure and evolution of neurexin genes: insight into the mechanism of alternative splicing. Genomics 79: 849-59.

Tobaben S, Sudhof TC & Stahl B (2002). Genetic analysis of alpha-latrotoxin receptors reveals functional interdependence of CIRL/latrophilin 1 and neurexin 1 alpha. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277: 6359-65.

Van Renterghem C, Iborra C, Martin-Moutot N, Lelianova V, Ushkaryov Y & Seagar M (2000). Alpha-latrotoxin forms calcium-permeable membrane pores via interactions with latrophilin or neurexin. European Journal of Neuroscience 12: 3953-62.

Geppert M, Khvotchev M, Krasnoperov V, Goda Y, Missler M, Hammer RE, Ichtchenko K, Petrenko AG & Sudhof TC (1998). Neurexin I alpha is a major alpha-latrotoxin receptor that cooperates in alpha-latrotoxin action. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 1705-10.

Ichtchenko K, Nguyen T & Sudhof TC (1996). Structures, alternative splicing, and neurexin binding of multiple neuroligins. Journal of Biological Chemistry 271: 2676-82.

O'Connor VM, Shamotienko O, Grishin E & Betz H. On the structure of the 'synaptosecretosome'. Evidence for a neurexin/synaptotagmin/syntaxin/Ca2+ channel complex. FEBS Letters 326: 255-60.