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. 2018 Sep 21;6:119. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2018.00119

Table 1.

Trans-synaptic molecules, their partner proteins, and associated proteases involved in synaptic function.

Family Molecule Transsynaptic partner and type of iteraction Reference Complex-associated extracellural proteases Reference
Neuroligin Neuroligin-1 neuroligin-2 neuroligin-3 neuroligin-4 β-Neurexin (direct interaction) Ichtchenko et al., 1995, 1996; Gangwar et al., 2017 MMP-9
ADAM10
Peixoto et al., 2012; Suzuki et al., 2012
Cadherin N-cadherin N-cadherin (direct interaction)
neuroligin-1 (through a S-SCAM
protein)
Stan et al., 2010; Aiga et al., 2011 ADAM10
MT5-MMP
calpain
Covault et al., 1991; Monea et al., 2006; Jang et al., 2009; Malinverno et al., 2010
Eph receptor EphA1-10 receptors EphB1-5 receptors EphrinA (direct interaction) ephrinB (direct interaction) Klein, 2009; Daar, 2012 ADAM10
MMP-2 MMP-9 neuropsin
Hattori et al., 2000; Klein, 2004; Murai and Pasquale, 2004; Lin et al., 2008; Attwood et al., 2011
NCAM NCAM NCAM (direct interaction) Bukalo and Dityatev, 2012 ADAM17
MMP-2 MMP-9 calpain
Covault et al., 1991; Kalus et al., 2006; Shichi et al., 2011
Contactins Contactin-1
Contactin-2
Contactin-3
Contactin-4
Contactin-5
Contactin-6
Contactin-1 (direct interaction)
Contactin-2 (direct interaction)
Contactin-3 (direct interaction)
Contactin-4 (direct interaction)
Contactin-5 (direct interaction)
Contactin-6 (direct interaction)
Zuko et al., 2013 _ _
Contactins Contactm-3
Contactm-4
Contactin-5
Contactin-6
PTPRG (not studied) Nikolaienko et al., 2016 _ _
LRR proteins NGL-1
NGL-2
Netrin-G1 (direct interaction)
Netrin-G2 (direct interaction)
Lin et al., 2003; Kim et al., 2006 _ _
LRR proteins SALMs SALMs (direct interaction) Seabold et al., 2008 _ _
LRR proteins LRRTMs α-neurexin (not studied)
β-neurexin (not studied)
de Wit et al., 2009; Ko et al., 2009; Siddiqui et al., 2010; Südhof, 2017 _ _
Dystroglycan β-Dystroglycan β-neurexin (through an α-dystrogjycan) Sugita et al., 2001; Michaluk et al., 2007 MMP-9 Michaluk et al., 2007
Neurexophillins Neurexophillin-1
Neurexophillin-2
Neurexophillin-3
Neurexophillin-4
α-neurexm (not studied) Südhof, 2017; Chamma and Thoumine, 2018 _ _
Cerebellins Cerebellin-1
Cerebellin-2
Cerebellin-3
Cerebellin-4
α-neurexin (not studied)
β-neurexin (not studied)
Südhof, 2017; Chamma and Thoumine, 2018 _ _
Calsyntenins Calsyntenins-3 α-neurexm (not studied) Südhof, 2017; Chamma and Thoumine, 2018 _ _