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Science 15 September 1995:
Vol. 269. no. 5230, pp. 1580 - 1583
DOI: 10.1126/science.7667638
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Science, Vol 269, Issue 5230, 1580-1583
Copyright © 1995 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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A VAMP-binding protein from Aplysia required for neurotransmitter release

PA Skehel, KC Martin, ER Kandel, and D Bartsch

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Before the fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane, a protein complex is thought to form between VAMP--an integral membrane protein of the vesicle--and two proteins associated with the plasma membrane, SNAP-25 and syntaxin. The yeast two-hybrid interaction cloning system has now been used to identify additional proteins from Aplysia that interact directly with VAMP. A 33-kilodalton membrane protein, termed VAP-33 (VAMP-associated protein of 33 kilodaltons), was identified whose corresponding messenger RNA was detected only in the central nervous system and the gill of Aplysia. Presynaptic injection of antibodies specific for VAP-33 inhibited synaptic transmission, which suggests that VAP-33 is required for the exocytosis of neurotransmitter.


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