title: A VAMP-binding protein from Aplysia required for neurotransmitter release.
abstract: Before the fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane, a protein complex is thought to form between VAMP--an integral membrane protein of the vesicle--and two proteins associated with the plasma membrane, SNAP-25 and syntaxin. The yeast two-hybrid interaction cloning system has now been used to identify additional proteins from Aplysia that interact directly with VAMP. A 33-kilodalton membrane protein, termed VAP-33 (VAMP-associated protein of 33 kilodaltons), was identified whose corresponding messenger RNA was detected only in the central nervous system and the gill of Aplysia. Presynaptic injection of antibodies specific for VAP-33 inhibited synaptic transmission, which suggests that VAP-33 is required for the exocytosis of neurotransmitter.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Skehel
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Kandel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartsch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001048:Aplysia; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000737:chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005089:Exocytosis; D005880:Gills / Q000294:innervation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000502:physiology; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; C114051:VAPA protein, human; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins