Synucleins Regulate the Kinetics of Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis
Vargas KJ, Makani S, Davis T, Westphal CH, Castillo PE, Chandra SS. Synucleins Regulate the Kinetics of Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 9364-9376. PMID: 25009269, PMCID: PMC4087213, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4787-13.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSV endocytosisShares high sequence identitySynaptic vesicle endocytosisFamilial PD genesHigh sequence identitySynaptic vesicle traffickingΑ-synucleinVesicle traffickingVesicle endocytosisΓ-synucleinMouse αSequence identityNull culturesBiochemical experimentsPD genesEndocytosisEarly stepsAcidic lipidsPresynaptic proteinsProteinNormal functionPrecise siteSynucleinParkinson's diseaseGenes