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Sci. STKE, 18 June 2002
Vol. 2002, Issue 137, p. re8
[DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.1372002re8]

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Homer as Both a Scaffold and Transduction Molecule

Laurent Fagni1*, Paul F. Worley2, and Fabrice Ango3

1UPR CNRS 9023, CCIPE, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier, France.
2Department of Neurosciences, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
3Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Beckman Building, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.

Gloss: Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter of the mammalian brain. It activates two types of synaptic receptors: ionotropic receptor-channels and metabotropic heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The ionotropic glutamate receptors generate fast postsynaptic responses, whereas the metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors modulate these fast responses, generate slower postsynaptic potentials, or both. Glutamatergic synaptic transmission depends on the adequate localization and intracellular signaling of these postsynaptic receptors and channels. This is achieved by scaffolding proteins that assemble glutamate receptors into functional complexes at postsynaptic membranes. However, little is known about the role of these intracellular proteins in the receptor signaling. A new family of proteins that interact with mGlu receptors has been cloned from rat brain and named Homer or Ves1 proteins. We review recent data indicating that Homer proteins not only control expression and localization of mGlu receptors and channels, but also participate in signaling of glutamate receptors in neurons.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: fagni{at}montp.inserm.fr

Citation: L. Fagni, P. F. Worley, F. Ango, Homer as Both a Scaffold and Transduction Molecule. Sci. STKE 2002, re8 (2002).

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