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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-4-26
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pubmed:abstractText |
The structure of synaptobrevin, an intrinsic membrane protein of small synaptic vesicles from mammalian brain, was studied by purification and molecular cloning. Its message in bovine brain encodes a 116 amino acid protein whose sequence reveals it to be the mammalian homolog of Torpedo VAMP-1. Antibody probing demonstrates that the protein is also present in Drosophila, and its Drosophila homolog was cloned. Alignment of the sequences of synaptobrevin/VAMP-1 from the three species shows it to contain four domains, including a highly conserved central region of 63 amino acids that contains 75% invariant residues. The finding that a membrane protein from vertebrate synaptic vesicles is conserved in Drosophila points toward a central role of this protein in neurotransmission and should allow a genetic approach to neurotransmitter release.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0896-6273
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
2
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1475-81
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Amino Acid Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Base Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Cattle,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Drosophila melanogaster,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Mammals,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Membrane Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Molecular Sequence Data,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Nerve Tissue Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Phylogeny,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-R-SNARE Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Species Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Synaptic Transmission,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Synaptic Vesicles,
pubmed-meshheading:2560644-Torpedo
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pubmed:year |
1989
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pubmed:articleTitle |
A synaptic vesicle membrane protein is conserved from mammals to Drosophila.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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