Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Mapping axon initial segment structure and function by multiplexed proximity biotinylation

  • Hamdan Hamdan,
  • Brian C. Lim,
  • Tomohiro Torii,
  • Abhijeet Joshi,
  • Matthias Konning,
  • Cameron Smith,
  • Donna J. Palmer,
  • Philip Ng,
  • Christophe Leterrier,
  • Juan A. Oses-Prieto,
  • Alma L. Burlingame,
  • Matthew N. Rasband

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13658-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The axon initial segment (AIS) is a specialized location in neurons with clustered ion channels which regulates the distribution of neuronal materials. Here, the authors use proximity biotinylation to examine the AIS proteome and better define its molecular organization.