title: Tyrosine phosphorylation of synaptophysin in synaptic vesicle recycling.
abstract: The integral SV (synaptic vesicle) protein synaptophysin was one of the first nerve terminal proteins identified. However its role, if any, in the SV life cycle remains undetermined. One of the most prominent features of synaptophysin is that its cytoplasmic C-terminus largely consists of pentapeptide repeats initiated by a tyrosine residue. Synaptophysin is heavily phosphorylated by tyrosine kinases in the nerve terminal, suggesting that this phosphorylation is central to its function. This review will cover the evidence for tyrosine phosphorylation of synaptophysin and how this phosphorylation may control its function in the SV life cycle.
authors.affiliation: Membrane Biology Group, Centre for Integrative Physiology, George Square, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
authors.forename: G J O
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cousin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D016708:Synaptophysin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016708:Synaptophysin; D014443:Tyrosine; D011494:Protein Kinases