title: Synaptotagmin V: a novel synaptotagmin isoform expressed in rat brain.
abstract: Regulated Ca(2+)-dependent release of transmitters from synaptic vesicles is an important characteristic of chemical neurotransmission. Synaptotagmins are abundant synaptic vesicle transmembrane proteins that probably function as Ca2+ sensors. Molecular cloning has identified four different synaptotagmin isoforms in mammals. We report here the cloning and sequencing of a novel isoform of 386 amino acids. Synaptotagmin V is 54% identical in sequence to synaptotagmin I and possesses all the domains that characterise this multigene family. It is expressed at high levels in rat brain, but not in spinal cord or a number of peripheral non-neuronal tissues.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Craxton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goedert
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D008322:Mammals; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism; D050863:Synaptotagmin I; D050857:Synaptotagmins
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D050863:Synaptotagmin I; C494312:Syt1 protein, rat; C494297:Syt5 protein, rat; D050857:Synaptotagmins