Roundabout homolog 1 (ROBO1)

Receptor for SLIT1 and SLIT2 that mediates cellular responses to molecular guidance cues in cellular migration, such as axonal navigation at the ventral midline of the neural tube and projection of axons to different areas during neuronal development (PubMed:10102268, PubMed:24560577). Interaction with the intracellular domain of FLRT3 mediates axon attraction towards cells expressing NTN1 (PubMed:24560577).

In axon growth cones, the silencing of the attractive effect of NTN1 by SLIT2 may require the formation of a ROBO1-DCC complex (By similarity). Plays a role in the regulation of cell migration through its interaction with MYO9B; inhibits MYO9B-mediated stimulation of RHOA GTPase activity, and thereby contributes to increased levels of active, GTP- bound RHOA (PubMed:26529257).