Phosphorylation of Complexin by PKA Regulates Activity-Dependent Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release and Structural Synaptic Plasticity

Neuron

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 749-761

  Cho, Richard W ^a   Buhl, Lauren K ^a   Volfson, Dina ^a   Tran, Adrienne ^a   Li, Feng ^b   Akbergenova, Yulia ^a   Littleton, J Troy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Minis; Neurotransmitter Release; Retrograde signaling; SNARE complex; Spontaneous release; Synapse

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM; COMPLEXIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; VESICULAR TRANSPORT ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84959885516     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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