Background information
The leucine-rich (LRR) repeat is a 20-30 amino acid motif that forms a hydrophobic å/∫ horseshoe fold, allowing it to accommodate several leucine residues within a tightly packed core. All LRR repeats contain a variable segment and a highly conserved segment, the latter of which accounts for 11 or 12 residues of the entire LRR motif. SLITRK6 (SLIT and NTRK-like family, member 6) is an 841 amino acid single-pass type I membrane protein that contains 16 LRR repeats and belongs to the SLITRK family. Expressed at high levels in select brain tissue, as well as in both adult and fetal lung, SLITRK6 functions to suppress neurite outgrowth, playing a role in the regulation of neuronal function. Multiple isoforms of SLITRK6 exist due to alternative splicing events.
