Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Structural basis of epilepsy-related ligand–receptor complex LGI1–ADAM22

  • Atsushi Yamagata,
  • Yuri Miyazaki,
  • Norihiko Yokoi,
  • Hideki Shigematsu,
  • Yusuke Sato,
  • Sakurako Goto-Ito,
  • Asami Maeda,
  • Teppei Goto,
  • Makoto Sanbo,
  • Masumi Hirabayashi,
  • Mikako Shirouzu,
  • Yuko Fukata,
  • Masaki Fukata,
  • Shuya Fukai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03947-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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LGI1 is an epilepsy-related gene that encodes a secreted neuronal protein. Here the authors present the crystal structure of LGI1 bound to its receptor ADAM22, which provides structural insights into epilepsy-causing LGI1 mutations and might facilitate the development of novel anti-epilepsy drugs.