Abstract
Contactin-Associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) is a large multidomain neuronal adhesion molecule implicated in a number of neurological disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and language delay. We reveal here by electron microscopy that the architecture of CNTNAP2 is composed of a large, medium, and small lobe that flex with respect to each other. Using epitope labeling and fragments, we assign the F58C, L1, and L2 domains to the large lobe, the FBG and L3 domains to the middle lobe, and the L4 domain to the small lobe of the CNTNAP2 molecular envelope. Our data reveal that CNTNAP2 has a very different architecture compared with neurexin 1α, a fellow member of the neurexin superfamily and a prototype, suggesting that CNTNAP2 uses a different strategy to integrate into the synaptic protein network. We show that the ectodomains of CNTNAP2 and contactin 2 (CNTN2) bind directly and specifically, with low nanomolar affinity. We show further that mutations in CNTNAP2 implicated in autism spectrum disorder arenot segregated but are distributed over the whole ectodomain. The molecular shape and dimensions of CNTNAP2 place constraints on how CNTNAP2 integrates in the cleft of axo-glial and neuronal contact sites and how it functions as an organizing and adhesive molecule.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 24133-24147 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Volume | 291 |
| Issue number | 46 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 11 2016 |
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Molecular architecture of contactin-Associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) and its interaction with contactin 2 (CNTN2). / Lu, Zhuoyang; Reddy, M. V V V Sekhar; Liu, Jianfang; Kalichava, Ana; Liu, Jiankang; Zhang, Lei; Chen, Fang; Wang, Yun; Holthauzen, Luis Marcelo F; White, Mark; Seshadrinathan, Suchithra; Zhong, Xiaoying; Ren, Gang; Rudenko, Gabrielle.
In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 291, No. 46, 11.11.2016, p. 24133-24147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Molecular architecture of contactin-Associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) and its interaction with contactin 2 (CNTN2)
AU - Lu, Zhuoyang
AU - Reddy, M. V V V Sekhar
AU - Liu, Jianfang
AU - Kalichava, Ana
AU - Liu, Jiankang
AU - Zhang, Lei
AU - Chen, Fang
AU - Wang, Yun
AU - Holthauzen, Luis Marcelo F
AU - White, Mark
AU - Seshadrinathan, Suchithra
AU - Zhong, Xiaoying
AU - Ren, Gang
AU - Rudenko, Gabrielle
PY - 2016/11/11
Y1 - 2016/11/11
N2 - Contactin-Associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) is a large multidomain neuronal adhesion molecule implicated in a number of neurological disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and language delay. We reveal here by electron microscopy that the architecture of CNTNAP2 is composed of a large, medium, and small lobe that flex with respect to each other. Using epitope labeling and fragments, we assign the F58C, L1, and L2 domains to the large lobe, the FBG and L3 domains to the middle lobe, and the L4 domain to the small lobe of the CNTNAP2 molecular envelope. Our data reveal that CNTNAP2 has a very different architecture compared with neurexin 1α, a fellow member of the neurexin superfamily and a prototype, suggesting that CNTNAP2 uses a different strategy to integrate into the synaptic protein network. We show that the ectodomains of CNTNAP2 and contactin 2 (CNTN2) bind directly and specifically, with low nanomolar affinity. We show further that mutations in CNTNAP2 implicated in autism spectrum disorder arenot segregated but are distributed over the whole ectodomain. The molecular shape and dimensions of CNTNAP2 place constraints on how CNTNAP2 integrates in the cleft of axo-glial and neuronal contact sites and how it functions as an organizing and adhesive molecule.
AB - Contactin-Associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) is a large multidomain neuronal adhesion molecule implicated in a number of neurological disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and language delay. We reveal here by electron microscopy that the architecture of CNTNAP2 is composed of a large, medium, and small lobe that flex with respect to each other. Using epitope labeling and fragments, we assign the F58C, L1, and L2 domains to the large lobe, the FBG and L3 domains to the middle lobe, and the L4 domain to the small lobe of the CNTNAP2 molecular envelope. Our data reveal that CNTNAP2 has a very different architecture compared with neurexin 1α, a fellow member of the neurexin superfamily and a prototype, suggesting that CNTNAP2 uses a different strategy to integrate into the synaptic protein network. We show that the ectodomains of CNTNAP2 and contactin 2 (CNTN2) bind directly and specifically, with low nanomolar affinity. We show further that mutations in CNTNAP2 implicated in autism spectrum disorder arenot segregated but are distributed over the whole ectodomain. The molecular shape and dimensions of CNTNAP2 place constraints on how CNTNAP2 integrates in the cleft of axo-glial and neuronal contact sites and how it functions as an organizing and adhesive molecule.
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