title: Synaptic plasticity and phosphorylation.
abstract: A number of neuronal functions, including synaptic plasticity, depend on proper regulation of synaptic proteins, many of which can be rapidly regulated by phosphorylation. Neuronal activity controls the function of these synaptic proteins by exquisitely regulating the balance of various protein kinase and protein phosphatase activity. Recent understanding of synaptic plasticity mechanisms underscores important roles that these synaptic phosphoproteins play in regulating both pre- and post-synaptic functions. This review will focus on key postsynaptic phosphoproteins that have been implicated to play a role in synaptic plasticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. hlee21@umd.edu
authors.forename: Hey-Kyoung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051579:Neurogranin / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000502:physiology; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D051579:Neurogranin; D011494:Protein Kinases; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases