title: SH3 domain-dependent interactions of endophilin with amphiphysin.
abstract: Amphiphysin I and II are nerve terminal-enriched proteins thought to function in synaptic vesicle endocytosis. In addition to a C-terminal SH3 domain, the proteins contain a highly conserved putative SH3 binding site and numerous consensus phosphorylation sites. We now demonstrate that amphiphysin I but not amphiphysin II is a phosphoprotein which undergoes dephosphorylation during nerve terminal depolarization. Further, both amphiphysin I and II interact with the SH3 domain of endophilin, a synaptically enriched protein implicated in synaptic vesicle endocytosis. The interaction is direct and mediated through a 43 amino acid region of amphiphysin containing the putative SH3 binding site. These data further support a role for amphiphysin I, II and endophilin in synaptic vesicle endocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Que., Canada.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Micheva
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ramjaun
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: McPherson
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004705:Endocytosis; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000502:physiology; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C075637:amphiphysin; D005982:Glutathione Transferase