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ArticleNature communications2025

Gephyrin filaments represent the molecular basis of inhibitory postsynaptic densities.

Arthur Macha, Filip Liebsch, Emanuel H W Bruckisch, Nele Burdina, Imke von Stülpnagel, Konrad Benting, Monika Gunkel, Elmar Behrmann, Guenter Schwarz

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 authors.

Arthur MachaInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Filip LiebschInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0955-8065
Emanuel H W BruckischInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2551-5919
Nele BurdinaInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Imke von StülpnagelInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0819-5784
Konrad BentingInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5222-4282
Monika GunkelInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-6127
Elmar BehrmannInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. ebehrman@uni-koeln.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6794-3669
Guenter SchwarzInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. gschwarz@uni-koeln.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-9338

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) INST 216/949-1 FUGGDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) RTG2550/1736 project ID 411422114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The multifunctional protein gephyrin clusters inhibitory receptors at the postsynaptic membrane in the CNS. Gephyrin has been proposed to form the inhibitory postsynaptic density by liquid-liquid phase separation, involving a complex interplay between receptor binding and oligomerization via its conserved G- and E-domains. Here we show by single particle cryo-EM analysis that dimerization promotes the formation of gephyrin filaments in which two E-domain dimers are linked by Z-shaped interfaces formed between two subdomains II (SDII) of adjacent dimers. Deletion of SDII, introduction of two epilepsy-causing pathogenic variants, or neutralization of an opposing charge in the interface abolish the formation of filaments, in vitro phase separation, and synaptic receptor clustering in hippocampal neurons. In conclusion, this work identifies gephyrin E-domain filaments as the structural foundation underlying gephyrin both phase separation and receptor clustering at inhibitory postsynaptic densities.

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Carrier ProteinsMembrane ProteinsPost-Synaptic DensityAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyHippocampusHumansMiceNeuronsProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationRatsCarrier ProteinsgephyrinMembrane Proteins

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PMID40957893
PMCPMC12441120

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