title: Cysteine string protein α: a new role in vesicle recycling.
abstract: Zhang et al. (2012) and Rozas et al. (2012) in this issue of Neuron find that cysteine string protein α, a protein involved in neurodegeneration, regulates vesicle endocytosis via interaction with dynamin 1, which may participate in regulating synaptic transmission and possibly in maintaining synapses.
authors.affiliation: Synaptic Transmission Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35 Convent Dr., Bldg. 35, Rm. 2B-1012, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Jiansong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Ling-Gang
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D034284:Dynamin I / Q000378:metabolism*; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25; C088460:cysteine string protein; D034284:Dynamin I