| Background: | The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)/synaptobrevin family. Synaptobrevins/VAMPs, syntaxins, and the 25-kD synaptosomal-associated protein SNAP25 are the main components of a protein complex involved in the docking and/or fusion of synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic membrane. This gene is thought to participate in neurotransmitter release at a step between docking and fusion. The protein forms a stable complex with syntaxin, synaptosomal-associated protein, 25 kD, and synaptotagmin. It also forms a distinct complex with synaptophysin. It is a likely candidate gene for familial infantile myasthenia (FIMG) because of its map location and because it encodes a synaptic vesicle protein of the type that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of FIMG. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
| UniProt Protein Function: | VAMP2: a member of the vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)/synaptobrevin family. Synaptobrevins/VAMPs, syntaxins, and the 25-kD synaptosomal-associated protein SNAP25 are the main components of a protein complex involved in the docking and/or fusion of synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic membrane. Thought to participate in neurotransmitter release at a step between docking and fusion. The protein forms a stable complex with syntaxin, synaptosomal-associated protein, 25 kD, and synaptotagmin. It also forms a distinct complex with synaptophysin. |
| UniProt Protein Details: | Protein type:Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; Vesicle; Membrane protein, integral Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 17p13.1 Cellular Component: zymogen granule membrane; neuron projection; synaptic vesicle membrane; intracellular membrane-bound organelle; clathrin-coated vesicle; integral to plasma membrane; secretory granule membrane; trans-Golgi network; cytosol; secretory granule; SNARE complex; synaptic vesicle; membrane; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; plasma membrane; synapse; cytoplasmic vesicle; cell junction Molecular Function:calmodulin binding; SNAP receptor activity; protein binding; SNARE binding; protein self-association; syntaxin binding; syntaxin-1 binding; phospholipid binding; calcium-dependent protein binding Biological Process: exocytosis; natural killer cell degranulation; neurotransmitter secretion; neutrophil degranulation; pathogenesis; calcium ion-dependent exocytosis; vesicle fusion; regulation of exocytosis; vesicle-mediated transport; synaptic transmission; protein transport; synaptic vesicle exocytosis; cellular protein metabolic process; glutamate secretion; cellular response to insulin stimulus; Golgi to plasma membrane protein transport; response to glucose stimulus; energy reserve metabolic process; eosinophil degranulation; protein complex assembly; post-Golgi vesicle-mediated transport; regulation of insulin secretion |
| NCBI Summary: | The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)/synaptobrevin family. Synaptobrevins/VAMPs, syntaxins, and the 25-kD synaptosomal-associated protein SNAP25 are the main components of a protein complex involved in the docking and/or fusion of synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic membrane. This gene is thought to participate in neurotransmitter release at a step between docking and fusion. The protein forms a stable complex with syntaxin, synaptosomal-associated protein, 25 kD, and synaptotagmin. It also forms a distinct complex with synaptophysin. It is a likely candidate gene for familial infantile myasthenia (FIMG) because of its map location and because it encodes a synaptic vesicle protein of the type that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of FIMG. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
| UniProt Code: | P63027 |
| NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 288558837 |
| NCBI Gene ID: | 6844 |
| NCBI Accession: | P63027.3 |
| UniProt Secondary Accession: | P63027,P19065, Q9BUC2, |
| UniProt Related Accession: | P63027 |
| Molecular Weight: | 13kDa |
| NCBI Full Name: | Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 |
| NCBI Synonym Full Names: | vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (synaptobrevin 2) |
| NCBI Official Symbol: | VAMP2 |
| NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | SYB2; VAMP-2 |
| NCBI Protein Information: | vesicle-associated membrane protein 2; synaptobrevin 2; synaptobrevin-2; vesicle associated membrane protein 2 |
| UniProt Protein Name: | Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 |
| UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | Synaptobrevin-2 |
| Protein Family: | Vesicle-associated membrane protein |
| UniProt Gene Name: | VAMP2 |
| UniProt Entry Name: | VAMP2_HUMAN |
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