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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2013 Apr 10;78(1):8–27. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.03.016

Table 2. SHANK Family Interacting Proteins.

Domain Direct Partner Function Select References
ANK α-fodrin, sharpin Actin-based cytoskeleton,
dendritic spine development
Bockers et al., 2001;
Lim et al., 2001
SH3 GRIP1, Cav1.3, Densin-180 AMPA receptor trafficking,
CREB, Wnt signaling
pathways, dendritic spine
remodeling, interaction with
CaMKII,
Quitsch et al., 2005;
Sala et al., 2001;
Sheng and Kim, 2000;
Uemura et al., 2004; Zhang et al., 2005
PDZ GKAP1(SAPAP1), GKAP3(SAPAP3),
PSD-93, mGluR1/5, AMPA receptors,
β-PIX, ProSAPiP1, LASPER1,
ProSAPiP2, PLC-β3
Cytoskeleton, dendritic spine
formation and remodeling,
synaptic transmission and
plasticity, self-
multimeirzation
Gundelfinger et al., 2006;
Kreienkamp, 2008;
Liebau et al., 2009;
Wendholt et al., 2006
Proline-
rich/Homer
and Cortactin
binding
Homer1, Dynamin-2, Abp1, Abi1,
Cortactin, IRSp53
Arp 2/3 complex, regulation
of actin-based cytoskeleton,
dendritic spine formation and
remodeling , synaptic
transmission and plasticity,
AMPA receptor endocytosis,
Haeckel et al., 2008;
Lu et al., 2007;
Okamoto et al., 2001;
Proepper et al., 2007;
Qualmann et al., 2004;
Soltau et al., 2004;
Soltau et al., 2002; Tu et al., 1999
SAM Shank3 Synaptic targeting, self-
multimerization, Zn2+
binding
Baron et al., 2006;
Boeckers et al., 2005;
Naisbitt et al., 1999
SHANK3 full
length protein
ACTN2, CLU, GKAP1, GKAP3,
HNRNPC, LZTS3, PICK1, SYNGAP1
Shared interactions with PSD-
95. No functional studies
described
Sakai et al., 2011

ANK, ankyrin repeat domain; SH3, Src homology 3 domain; PDZ, PSD-95/Discs large/ZO-1 domain; Pro, a proline-rich region containing homer- and cortactin-binding sites; SAM, sterile alpha motif domain; AMPA, α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid