Alternative splicing controls teneurin-latrophilin interaction and synapse specificity by a shape-shifting mechanism

The trans-synaptic interaction of the cell-adhesion molecules teneurins (TENs) with latrophilins (LPHNs) promotes excitatory synapse formation. Here authors report the high resolution cryo-EM structure of the TEN2-LPHN3 complex, describe the trimeric TEN2-LPHN3-FLRT3 complex and show how alternative...

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Main Authors: Jingxian Li, Yuan Xie, Shaleeka Cornelius, Xian Jiang, Richard Sando, Szymon P. Kordon, Man Pan, Katherine Leon, Thomas C. Südhof, Minglei Zhao, Demet Araç
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16029-7