Event Details

Date:
Friday, 10 March 2017
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room:
QBI Level 7 Auditorium
UQ Location:
Queensland Brain Institute (St Lucia)
URL:
http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/neuroscience-seminars
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Event Contact

Name:
Ms Deirdre Wilson
Phone:
334 66300
Email:
d.wilson5@uq.edu.au
Org. Unit:
Queensland Brain Institute

Event Description

Full Description:
A/Professor Zhiyi Wei
Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Guangdong Sheng, China

Title: Structural Insights into Presynaptic Active Zone Assembly
Abstract: Neurotransmitter release relies on an highly specialized presynaptic terminal region, called the active zone. The active zone contains a large number of proteins, including adhesion molecules, receptors, adaptors and scaffolds, which are assembled to form the electron-dense material. How the active zone is assembled properly to fulfill its function and how the assembly is regulated remain elusive. Liprin-alpha, a synaptic scaffold, was found to play a critical role in active zone assembly, by recruiting numerous synaptic proteins. To understand the assembly mechanism of the active zone, we characterized liprin-alpha by combining structural biology, biochemistry and cell biology. Here, I will present our findings.


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