title: NSF and SNAP are present on adrenal chromaffin granules.
abstract: N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment proteins (SNAPs) are involved in many vesicular transport steps. It has been proposed that SNAPs and NSF associate with their membrane receptors only when vesicles dock on the target membrane. Analysis of NSF and alpha-SNAP distribution in fractionation of organelles from adrenal medulla indicated that a substantial amount of both proteins distributed with chromaffin granules. Further fractionation of intact granules and lysed granule membranes showed exact overlap of NSF and alpha-SNAP distribution with chromaffin granules. These results suggest that NSF and alpha-SNAP are associated with chromaffin granules and support the idea that they function prior to docking of the granules on the plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: The Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, UK. burgoyne@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Burgoyne
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D002837:Chromaffin Granules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000032:analysis; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins