Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Structure. 2021 Jul 1;29(7):635-637. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2021.06.011.
Astrocyte-secreted Hevin induces synapse formation by bridging the trans-synaptic organizers, neuroligins and neurexins. In this issue of Structure, Fan et al. (2021) elucidate the structural basis of Hevin's interaction with these molecules and reveal the competitive interplay between Hevin, SPARC, and MDGAs.
星形细胞分泌的Hevin 通过连接跨突触组织者神经连接蛋白和神经连接蛋白受体诱导突触形成。在本期《结构》杂志中,Fan 等人(2021)阐明了 Hevin 与这些分子相互作用的结构基础,并揭示了 Hevin、SPARC 和 MDGAs 之间的竞争相互作用。