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SUBMITTER: Chow JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2662165 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chow Jeremy Pak Hong JP Fujikawa Akihiro A Shimizu Hidetada H Suzuki Ryoko R Noda Masaharu M
The Journal of biological chemistry 20080818 45
Protein-tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z (Ptprz) is preferentially expressed in the brain as a major chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. Three splicing variants, two receptor isoforms and one secretory isoform, are known. Here, we show that the extracellular region of the receptor isoforms of Ptprz are cleaved by metalloproteinases, and subsequently the membrane-tethered fragment is cleaved by presenilin/gamma-secretase, releasing its intracellular region into the cytoplasm; of note, the intra ...[more]