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SUBMITTER: Lin C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3009895 | biostudies-other | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lin Chengyi C Meng Shuxia S Zhu Tina T Wang Xiaozhong X
The Journal of biological chemistry 20101101 53
γ-Protocadherins (PCDH-γ) regulate neuronal survival in the vertebrate central nervous system. The molecular mechanisms of how PCDH-γ mediates this function are still not understood. In this study, we show that through their common cytoplasmic domain, different PCDH-γ isoforms interact with an intracellular adaptor protein named PDCD10 (programmed cell death 10). PDCD10 is also known as CCM3, a causative genetic defect for cerebral cavernous malformations in humans. Using RNAi-mediated knockdown ...[more]