Plexin structures are coming: opportunities for multilevel investigations of semaphorin guidance receptors, their cell signaling mechanisms, and functions

PK Hota, M Buck - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2012 - Springer
Plexin transmembrane receptors and their semaphorin ligands, as well as their co-receptors
(Neuropilin, Integrin, VEGFR2, ErbB2, and Met kinase) are emerging as key regulatory …

A dual binding mode for RhoGTPases in plexin signalling

CH Bell, AR Aricescu, EY Jones, C Siebold - PLoS biology, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Plexins are cell surface receptors for the semaphorin family of cell guidance cues. The
cytoplasmic region comprises a Ras GTPase-activating protein (GAP) domain and a …

R-Ras fills another GAP in semaphorin signalling

RJ Pasterkamp - Trends in cell biology, 2005 - cell.com
Plexins are cell-surface receptors for the semaphorin family of neuronal guidance cues.
Following semaphorin binding, the plexin cytoplasmic region initiates poorly understood …

Structural insights into semaphorins and their receptors

C Siebold, EY Jones - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Ten years ago nothing was known of the three-dimensional structure of members of the
semaphorin family of cell guidance cues, nor of their major receptors, the plexins. The …

More than nervous: the emerging roles of plexins

N Perälä, H Sariola, T Immonen - Differentiation, 2012 - Elsevier
Plexins are the receptors for semaphorins, a large family of axon guidance cues.
Accordingly, the role of plexins in the development of the nervous system was the first to be …

Crystal structure of the plexin A3 intracellular region reveals an autoinhibited conformation through active site sequestration

H He, T Yang, JR Terman… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Plexin cell surface receptors bind to semaphorin ligands and transduce signals for
regulating neuronal axon guidance. The intracellular region of plexins is essential for …

Signalling by semaphorin receptors: cell guidance and beyond

L Tamagnone, PM Comoglio - Trends in cell biology, 2000 - cell.com
Semaphorins are a large family of secreted or cell-bound signals, known to guide axons in
developing nervous tissue. They are expressed in a variety of adult and embryonic tissues …

GTPases in semaphorin signaling

AW Püschel - Semaphorins: receptor and intracellular signaling …, 2007 - Springer
Ahallmark of semaphorin receptors is their interaction with multiple GTPases. Plexins, the
signal transducing component of semaphorin receptors, directly associate with several …

Different requirement for Rnd GTPases of R-Ras GAP activity of Plexin-C1 and Plexin-D1

K Uesugi, I Oinuma, H Katoh, M Negishi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2009 - ASBMB
Plexins, comprising Plexin-A,-B,-C, and-D subfamilies, are receptors for semaphorins
governing cell adhesion, migration, and axon guidance. Among plexin subfamilies, Plexin …

Structural basis of semaphorin–plexin signalling

BJC Janssen, RA Robinson, F Pérez-Brangulí, CH Bell… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Cell-cell signalling of semaphorin ligands through interaction with plexin receptors is
important for the homeostasis and morphogenesis of many tissues and is widely studied for …