2017
Brain Region and Isoform-Specific Phosphorylation Alters Kalirin SH2 Domain Interaction Sites and Calpain Sensitivity
Miller MB, Yan Y, Machida K, Kiraly DD, Levy AD, Wu YI, Lam TT, Abbott T, Koleske AJ, Eipper BA, Mains RE. Brain Region and Isoform-Specific Phosphorylation Alters Kalirin SH2 Domain Interaction Sites and Calpain Sensitivity. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2017, 8: 1554-1569. PMID: 28418645, PMCID: PMC5517348, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term potentiationCalpain sensitivityEffects of cocaineRat nucleus accumbensAdult rat nucleus accumbensRho GDP/GTP exchange factorRegion-specific effectsChronic cocaineNucleus accumbensSynaptic functionBrain regionsKALRN geneSpine morphologyPrefrontal cortexKal7CocainePotentiationFunctional significanceCalpainPhosphorylation
2014
Nonenzymatic domains of Kalirin7 contribute to spine morphogenesis through interactions with phosphoinositides and Abl
Ma XM, Miller MB, Vishwanatha KS, Gross MJ, Wang Y, Abbott T, Lam TT, Mains RE, Eipper BA. Nonenzymatic domains of Kalirin7 contribute to spine morphogenesis through interactions with phosphoinositides and Abl. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2014, 25: 1458-1471. PMID: 24600045, PMCID: PMC4004595, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-04-0215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalpainCells, CulturedDendritic SpinesGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHippocampusMice, KnockoutNeuronsOncogene Proteins v-ablPeptide FragmentsPhosphatidylinositolsPhosphorylationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProtein Structure, TertiaryProteolysisRats, Sprague-DawleySynapsesTransferrinConceptsGDP/GTP exchange factorSec14 domainSpectrin repeatsSpine morphogenesisNon-receptor tyrosine kinaseGTP exchange factorSpine formationNatural splice variantSpectrin repeat domainReceptor-mediated endocytosisRho GDP/GTP exchange factorDrosophila orthologueMembrane traffickingPhosphomimetic mutationExchange factorCalpain-mediated degradationRepeat domainTruncation mutantsTyrosine kinaseGenetic studiesCellular membranesSplice variantsRepeatsNonneuronal cellsMorphogenesis