MAGUKs: multifaceted synaptic organizers

Publication date: April 2017
Source:Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Volume 43
Author(s): Sehoon Won, Jon M Levy, Roger A Nicoll, Katherine W Roche
The PSD-95 family of proteins, known as MAGUKs, have long been recognized to be central building blocks of the PSD. They are categorized as scaffolding proteins, which link surface-expressed receptors to the intracellular signaling molecules. Although the four members of the PSD-95 family (PSD-95, PSD-93, SAP102, and SAP97) have many shared roles in regulating synaptic function, recent studies have begun to delineate specific binding partners and roles in plasticity. In the current review, we will highlight the conserved and unique roles of these proteins.



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