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The SorCS2 (sortilin-related Vps10p domain containing receptor 2) gene is found on chromosome 4 (4p16.1), and is composed of 28 exons. The N-terminal exons which encode the Vps10p domain are spaced by large introns. The functional receptor protein is largely present in the brain. It is 1109 amino acids long, largely neutral, and has a single transmembrane pass....
SorCS2 is a member of the mammalian Vps10p (vacuolar protein sorting 10 protein) domain family consisting of five transmembrane proteins with structural similarities: SorCS1, SorCS2, SorCS3, SorLA (sorting protein-related receptor with A-type repeats), and sortilin. SorCS2 specifically has critical roles in neuronal viability and function. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the protein has been associated with a range of diseases including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia, and the receptor family has also been associated with Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
The Vps10p domain receptor family was based on the discovery of SorLA in 1996 and sortilin in 1997, and has since been expanded with the SorCS subfamily with SorCS2 being described in 2001
SorCS2 was first found from isolated cDNA in murine floor plate samples of the central nervous system (CNS) as well as in regions of the brain. The cDNA contained the characteristic Vps10p domain enabling its classification as a SorCS protein. Not long after, a corresponding partial cDNA was found in human samples, and it was possible to determine the missing N-terminal by homology to murine SorCS2.
SorCS2 is composed of a small intracellular region making a single pass into the extracellular environment where the large Vps10p domain make up a beta-propeller structure consisting of 10 propeller blade-like beta sheet regions. The Vps10p domain contains at least 2 unspecific ligand binding sites. The domain also contains a furin cleavage site. The extracellular region of SorCS proteins also include a LR (leucine rich domain) containing imperfect LR repeats (LRRs) which are known to serve as interaction and adhesion domains
Modifications in Vps10p-type receptors include glycosylations. and they also contain a propeptide which is proteolytically cleaved off to make them active
In the non-neuronal glia cells, SorCS2 is cleaved and a linkage forms a two-chained product distinct from that in neurons which is a single chained. The processing in glia cells have been linked to proapoptotic properties not found in neuronal SorCS2. This differential processing is thought to be common in Vps10p domain proteins where it regulates receptor functionality
Efforts have been made to elucidate the structure of SorCS2, and this has allowed determination of dimerization of SorCS2 and the other two SorCS proteins with only few monomeric structures found. This dimerization is promoted by deglycosylation at least in SorCS1. Structurally, the Vps10p domains in SorCS proteins can be found next to each other, but uniquely for SorCS2 it is prevalently found in a dimer where the domains are located away from each other and connected at a two-fold rotation axis for the dimer. The different types of dimers could explain correspondingly different functions of SorCS2 found in different tissues. In addition to the homodimers described, the SorCS proteins also forms heterodimers within this subfamily. Crystal structures of the full extracellular portion of SorCS2 have uncovered that SorCS2 consists of six domains. Five domains contribute to the dimerization of SorCS2. Despite the extensive dimerization interface, SorCS2 has substantial conformational plasticity.
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The SorCS2 (sortilin-related Vps10p domain containing receptor 2) gene is found on chromosome 4 (4p16.1), and is composed of 28 exons. The N-terminal exons which encode the Vps10p domain are spaced by large introns. The functional receptor protein is largely present in the brain. It is 1109 amino acids long, largely neutral, and has a single transmembrane pass....
SorCS2 is a member of the mammalian Vps10p (vacuolar protein sorting 10 protein) domain family consisting of five transmembrane proteins with structural similarities: SorCS1, SorCS2, SorCS3, SorLA (sorting protein-related receptor with A-type repeats), and sortilin. SorCS2 specifically has critical roles in neuronal viability and function. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the protein has been associated with a range of diseases including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia, and the receptor family has also been associated with Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
The Vps10p domain receptor family was based on the discovery of SorLA in 1996 and sortilin in 1997, and has since been expanded with the SorCS subfamily with SorCS2 being described in 2001
SorCS2 was first found from isolated cDNA in murine floor plate samples of the central nervous system (CNS) as well as in regions of the brain. The cDNA contained the characteristic Vps10p domain enabling its classification as a SorCS protein. Not long after, a corresponding partial cDNA was found in human samples, and it was possible to determine the missing N-terminal by homology to murine SorCS2.
SorCS2 is composed of a small intracellular region making a single pass into the extracellular environment where the large Vps10p domain make up a beta-propeller structure consisting of 10 propeller blade-like beta sheet regions. The Vps10p domain contains at least 2 unspecific ligand binding sites. The domain also contains a furin cleavage site. The extracellular region of SorCS proteins also include a LR (leucine rich domain) containing imperfect LR repeats (LRRs) which are known to serve as interaction and adhesion domains
Modifications in Vps10p-type receptors include glycosylations. and they also contain a propeptide which is proteolytically cleaved off to make them active
In the non-neuronal glia cells, SorCS2 is cleaved and a linkage forms a two-chained product distinct from that in neurons which is a single chained. The processing in glia cells have been linked to proapoptotic properties not found in neuronal SorCS2. This differential processing is thought to be common in Vps10p domain proteins where it regulates receptor functionality
Efforts have been made to elucidate the structure of SorCS2, and this has allowed determination of dimerization of SorCS2 and the other two SorCS proteins with only few monomeric structures found. This dimerization is promoted by deglycosylation at least in SorCS1. Structurally, the Vps10p domains in SorCS proteins can be found next to each other, but uniquely for SorCS2 it is prevalently found in a dimer where the domains are located away from each other and connected at a two-fold rotation axis for the dimer. The different types of dimers could explain correspondingly different functions of SorCS2 found in different tissues. In addition to the homodimers described, the SorCS proteins also forms heterodimers within this subfamily. Crystal structures of the full extracellular portion of SorCS2 have uncovered that SorCS2 consists of six domains. Five domains contribute to the dimerization of SorCS2. Despite the extensive dimerization interface, SorCS2 has substantial conformational plasticity.
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