Kek-6: A Truncated Trk-Like Receptor For Drosophila Neurotrophin 2 Regulates Structural Synaptic Plasticity
Suzana Ulian-Benitez, Simon Bishop, István Földi, Jill S. Wentzell, Chinenye Okenwa, Manuel G. Forero, Bangfu Zhu, Marta Moreira, Mark Phizacklea, Graham McIlroy, Guiyi Li, Nicholas J. Gay, Alicia Hidalgo
This study identifies Kek-6, a truncated Trk-like receptor in Drosophila, as a functional receptor for DNT2 that regulates synaptic structural plasticity through CaMKII and VAP33A, suggesting evolutionary conservation of this mechanism.
PLoS Genetics · Aug 28, 2017Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology