| Gene Symbol |
SYP
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| Entrez Gene |
280937
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| Alt Symbol |
-
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| Species |
Bovine
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
synaptophysin
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| Other Description |
major synaptic vesicle protein p38
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| Swissprots |
P20488
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| Accessions |
DAA12827 P20488 M22967 AAA30767 NM_173963 NP_776388
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| Function |
Possibly involved in structural functions as organizing other membrane components or in targeting the vesicles to the plasma membrane. Involved in the regulation of short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
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| Subcellular Location |
Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, synaptic vesicle membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell junction, synapse, synaptosome.
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| Tissue Specificity |
Characteristic of a type of small (30-80 nm) neurosecretory vesicles, including presynaptic vesicles, but also vesicles of various neuroendocrine cells of both neuronal and epithelial phenotype.
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