title: Phosphorylation of synaptic vesicle proteins: modulation of the alpha SNAP interaction with the core complex.
abstract: We analyzed whether synaptic membrane trafficking proteins are substrates for casein kinase II, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), three kinases implicated in the modulation of synaptic transmission. Each kinase phosphorylates a specific set of the vesicle proteins syntaxin 1A, N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF), vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP), synaptosome-associated 25-kDa protein (SNAP-25), n-sec1, alpha soluble NSF attachment protein (alpha SNAP), and synaptotagmin. VAMP is phosphorylated by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II on serine 61. alpha SNAP is phosphorylated by PKA; however, the beta SNAP isoform is phosphorylated only 20% as efficiently. alpha SNAP phosphorylated by PKA binds to the core docking and fusion complex 10 times weaker than the dephosphorylated form. These studies provide a first glimpse at regulatory events that may be important in modulating neurotransmitter release during learning and memory.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University Medical Center 94305-5428, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirling
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Scheller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D007858:Learning; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008568:Memory; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010768:Phosphoserine; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D010768:Phosphoserine; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases