SLIT & NTRK-like protein 4 (SLITRK4)

Function

• suppresses neurite outgrowth

Structure

• belongs to the SLITRK family
• contains 18 LRR repeats (leucine-rich repeats)

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• expressed in the cerebral cortex & at higher levels in some astrocytic brain tumors including astrocytomas, glioblastomas & primitive neuroectodermal tumors

More general terms

• SLIT & NTRK-like protein (SLITRK)
• membrane protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8IW52.html