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NRXNs bind NLGNs
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authored
[InstanceEdit:6794360] Garapati, Phani Vijay, 2015-09-04
category
binding
compartment
[Compartment:876] plasma membrane
created
[InstanceEdit:6794360] Garapati, Phani Vijay, 2015-09-04
dbId
6794346
displayName
NRXNs bind NLGNs
edited
[InstanceEdit:6794360] Garapati, Phani Vijay, 2015-09-04
eventOf
[Pathway:R-HSA-6794361] Neurexins and neuroligins - Homo sapiens
followingEvent
[Reaction:R-HSA-6797568] NRXNs bind CASK:Protein 4.1 - Homo sapiens
[Reaction:R-HSA-6794345] NLGNs binds PSD-95 subfamily members - Homo sapiens
input
[DefinedSet:R-HSA-6794303] NLGN dimers [plasma membrane]
[DefinedSet:R-HSA-6794323] NRXNs [plasma membrane]
isChimeric
false
isInDisease
false
isInferred
false
literatureReference
[LiteratureReference:6794181] Cartography of neurexins: more than 1000 isoforms generated by alternative splicing and expressed in distinct subsets of neurons
[LiteratureReference:6794175] Neuroligin 1: a splice site-specific ligand for beta-neurexins
[LiteratureReference:6794215] A splice code for trans-synaptic cell adhesion mediated by binding of neuroligin 1 to alpha- and beta-neurexins
[LiteratureReference:6794171] Alternative splicing controls selective trans-synaptic interactions of the neuroligin-neurexin complex
[LiteratureReference:6794172] Structure function and splice site analysis of the synaptogenic activity of the neurexin-1 beta LNS domain
[LiteratureReference:6794218] Mutational analysis of the neurexin/neuroligin complex reveals essential and regulatory components
[LiteratureReference:6794221] Neuroligin 1 is a postsynaptic cell-adhesion molecule of excitatory synapses
[LiteratureReference:6794198] Neuroligin 2 is exclusively localized to inhibitory synapses
[LiteratureReference:6794195] Neuroligin-3 is a neuronal adhesion protein at GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses
[LiteratureReference:6794193] Neuroligin-4 is localized to glycinergic postsynapses and regulates inhibition in the retina
[LiteratureReference:6794220] Structures, alternative splicing, and neurexin binding of multiple neuroligins
[LiteratureReference:6804825] Direct visualization of trans-synaptic neurexin-neuroligin interactions during synapse formation
maxDepth
1
modified
[InstanceEdit:10914110] Weiser, Joel, 2026-03-16
name
NRXNs bind NLGNs
Neurexins bind Neuroligins
orthologousEvent
[Reaction:R-CEL-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Caenorhabditis elegans
[Reaction:R-DME-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Drosophila melanogaster
[Reaction:R-GGA-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Gallus gallus
[Reaction:R-XTR-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Xenopus tropicalis
[Reaction:R-DRE-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Danio rerio
[Reaction:R-SSC-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Sus scrofa
[Reaction:R-BTA-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Bos taurus
[Reaction:R-CFA-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Canis familiaris
[Reaction:R-RNO-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Rattus norvegicus
[Reaction:R-MMU-6794346] NRXNs bind NLGNs - Mus musculus
output
[Complex:R-HSA-6794314] NRXNs:NLGN dimers [plasma membrane]
releaseDate
2016-06-15
reviewStatus
[ReviewStatus:9821382] five stars
reviewed
[InstanceEdit:6809223] Washbourne, Philip, 2015-11-09
schemaClass
Reaction
species
[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
stId
R-HSA-6794346
summation
[Summation:6794045] The mammalian genome contains three NRXN genes (NRXN1, NRXN2...
Referrals
(hasEvent)
[Pathway:R-HSA-6794361] Neurexins and neuroligins
(precedingEvent)
[Reaction:R-HSA-6797568] NRXNs bind CASK:Protein 4.1
[Reaction:R-HSA-6794345] NLGNs binds PSD-95 subfamily members
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