“…Specifically, the phosphatase domains of LAR and PTPδ interact with a cleft between the two SAM domains, whereas a surface patch opposite to the cleft facilitates the binding of CASK to liprin-α. Serrapages et al, 1995;Serra-Pages et al, 1998;Kaufmann et al, 2002;Wyszynski et al, 2002;Ackley et al, 2005;Dunah et al, 2005;Astigarraga et al, 2010;Kiok et al, 2011;Joshi et al, 2014;Bomkamp et al, 2019;Wakita et al, 2020;Xie et al, 2020 CASK α1, 2, 3, 4 SAM123 Neurotransmitter release Olsen et al, 2005;Samuels et al, 2007;Wei et al, 2011;LaConte et al, 2016;Wu et al, 2016 Liprin Ko et al, 2003b;Dai et al, 2006;Kittelmann et al, 2013 GIT1 α1, 2, 3, 4 Dliprin-α SYD2 SAH AMPA receptor targeting, cell spreading Ko et al, 2003a,b;Totaro et al, 2007;Asperti et al, 2011;Liang et al, 2019;McDonald et al, for the liprin-α3_LCR/mDia_DID complex; 3TAC, 3TAD, 6KR4, and 6KIP for the SAM123 structures in complex with CASK_CaMK, liprin-β1_SAM123, LAR_D1D2, and PTPδ_D2, respectively; 1N7F for the liprin-α1_PBM/GRIP1_PDZ6 complex). The value curve at the bottom panel indicates sequence conservation of liprin-α proteins.…”