This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.We identified an interaction between doublecortin (Dcx) and spinophilin (Spn) by yeast two-hybrid. Spn has a well described association with PP1 and we have shown that Spn/PP1 are important for dephosphorylating Dcx. Preliminary data suggests that this phophorylation event is important for regulating Dcx association with microtubules and immunohistochemistry data suggests that there is a disruption in microtubule organization during neurite outgrowth in Spn knockout mice. We would like to collaborate with NCMIR to investigate the microtubule cytoskeleton in Spn and Dcx -/- mice at the electron microscope level.
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