title: Cloning and expression of the vesamicol binding protein from the marine ray Torpedo. Homology with the putative vesicular acetylcholine transporter UNC-17 from Caenorhabditis elegans.
abstract: Complementary DNA clones corresponding to a messenger RNA encoding a 56 kDa polypeptide have been obtained from Torpedo marmorata and Torpedo ocellata electric lobe libraries, by homology screening with a probe obtained from the putative acetylcholine transporter from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The Torpedo proteins display approximately 50% overall identity to the C. elegans unc-17 protein and 43% identity to the two vesicle monoamine transporters (VMAT1 and VMAT2). This family of proteins is highly conserved within 12 domains which potentially span the vesicle membrane, with little similarity within the putative intraluminal glycosylated loop and at the N- and C-termini. The approximately 3.0 kb mRNA species is specifically expressed in the brain and highly enriched in the electric lobe of Torpedo. The Torpedo protein, expressed in CV-1 fibroblast cells, possesses a high-affinity binding site for vesamicol (Kd = 6 nM), a drug which blocks in vitro and in vivo acetylcholine accumulation in cholinergic vesicles.
authors.affiliation: Département de Neurochimie, CNRS, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Varoqui
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Diebler
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Meunier
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rand
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Usdin
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Bonner
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Eiden
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Erickson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000737:chemistry*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010880:Piperidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014101:Torpedo / Q000378:metabolism; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins; D050492:Vesicular Biogenic Amine Transport Proteins; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010880:Piperidines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; C082365:Unc-17 protein, C elegans; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins; D050492:Vesicular Biogenic Amine Transport Proteins; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C083232:vesamicol receptor; C006189:vesamicol