Članovi porodice SLITRK, poput SLITRK5, integralni su membranski proteini s dva N-terminalna ponavljajuća domena (LRR) bogata leucinom, sličnea onima SLIT proteina (vidi SLIT1; MIM 603742). Većina SLITRK-ova, uključujući SLITRK5, također imaju C-terminalne regije koje dijele homologiju s receptorima za neurotropine (vidi NTRK1; MIM 191315). SLITRK se eksprimiraju pretežno u neuronskim tkivima i imaju aktivnost moduliranja neurita (Aruga et al., 2003). [Dobavljač OMIM] (Aruga et al., 2003).[supplied by OMIM][7]
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