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The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 109, 3039-3052, Copyright © 1989 by The Rockefeller University Press


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The identification of a novel synaptosomal-associated protein, SNAP-25, differentially expressed by neuronal subpopulations

GA Oyler, GA Higgins, RA Hart, E Battenberg, M Billingsley, FE Bloom and MC Wilson
Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037.

cDNA clones of a neuronal-specific mRNA encoding a novel 25-kD synaptosomal protein, SNAP-25, that is widely, but differentially expressed by diverse neuronal subpopulations of the mammalian nervous system have been isolated and characterized. The sequence of the SNAP- 25 cDNA revealed a single open reading frame that encodes a primary translation product of 206 amino acids. Antisera elicited against a 12- amino acid peptide, corresponding to the carboxy-terminal residues of the predicted polypeptide sequence, recognized a single 25-kD protein that is associated with synaptosomal fractions of hippocampal preparations. The SNAP-25 polypeptide remains associated with synaptosomal membrane components after hypoosmotic lysis and is released by nonionic detergent but not high salt extraction. Although the SNAP-25 polypeptide lacks a hydrophobic stretch of residues compatible with a transmembrane region, the amino terminus may form an amphiphilic helix that may facilitate alignment with membranes. The predicted amino acid sequence also includes a cluster of four closely spaced cysteine residues, similar to the metal binding domains of some metalloproteins, suggesting that the SNAP-25 polypeptide may have the potential to coordinately bind metal ions. Consistent with the protein fractionation, light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry indicated that SNAP-25 is located within the presynaptic terminals of hippocampal mossy fibers and the inner molecular layer of the dentate gyrus. The mRNA was found to be enriched within neurons of the neocortex, hippocampus, piriform cortex, anterior thalamic nuclei, pontine nuclei, and granule cells of the cerebellum. The distribution of the SNAP-25 mRNA and the association of the protein with presynaptic elements suggest that SNAP-25 may play an important role in the synaptic function of specific neuronal systems.
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