Syntaxin, synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kD (SNAP25), and vesicle-associated membrane protein/synaptobrevin are collectively called SNAP receptor (SNARE) proteins, and they catalyze neuronal exocytosis by forming a "core complex." The steps in core complex formation are unknown. Here, we monitored SNARE complex formation in vivo with the use of a fluorescent version of SNAP25. In PC12 cel...

We analyzed whether synaptic membrane trafficking proteins are substrates for casein kinase II, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), three kinases implicated in the modulation of synaptic transmission. Each kinase phosphorylates a specific set of the vesicle proteins syntaxin 1A, N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF), vesicle-associated memb...

The structure of y8 resolvase complexed with a 34 bp substrate DNA has been determined at 3.0 A resolution. The DNA is sharply bent by 60 ° toward the major groove and away from the resolvase catalytic domains at the recombination crossover point. The C-terminal one third of resolvase, which was disordered in the absence of DNA, forms an arm and a 3-helix DNAbinding domain on the opposite side ...

Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (BoNT/A) is one of the most lethal toxins known. Its extreme toxicity is due to its light chain (LC), a zinc protease that cleaves SNAP-25, a synaptosome-associated protein, leading to the inhibition of neuronal activity. Studies on BoNT/A LC have revealed that two regions, termed exosites, can play an important role in BoNT catalytic activity. A clear understand...

Upon tryptic digestion of synaptosomes, ATPase activities decreased in the order of Cl(-)-ATPase greater than or equal to Na+,K+-ATPase greater than anion-insensitive Mg2+-ATPase. Upon synaptosome treatment with hypotonic solution, Cl(-)-ATPase or anion-insensitive Mg2+-ATPase was slightly inactivated, while Na+,K+-ATPase underwent a much larger degree of inactivation. ATP-Mg inhibited the ATPa...

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To explore the action mechanism of lithium in the brain, the author investigated the effects of lithium on Na-K ATPase and Ca ATPase in rat brain synaptosomes prepared from forebrains by the method of Booth and Clark. The activities of Na-K ATPase and Ca ATPase were assayed by the level of inorganic phosphate liberated from the hydrolysis of ATP. Lithium at the optimum therapeutic concentration...

linked and identically oriented res sites (Reed, 1981). gd resolvase catalyzes recombination within a comRecombination involves the binding of resolvase diplex nucleoprotein structure containing at least 12 remers to the two res sites, their synapsis, double strand solvase subunits bound to two 114 bp res sites. The cleavage at the crossover points, and exchange and 2,39 interaction between res...