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SYNGR1

Synaptogyrin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SYNGR1 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes an integral membrane protein associated with presynaptic vesicles in neuronal cells. The exact function of this protein is unclear, but studies of a similar murine protein suggest that it functions in synaptic plasticity without being required for synaptic transmission. The gene product belongs to the synaptogyrin gene family. Three alternatively spliced variants encoding three different isoforms have been identified.[3]

References

  1. Kedra D, Pan HQ, Seroussi E, Fransson I, Guilbaud C, Collins JE, Dunham I, Blennow E, Roe BA, Piehl F, Dumanski JP (Oct 1998). “Characterization of the human synaptogyrin gene family”. Hum Genet. 103 (2): 131–41. doi:10.1007/s004390050795. PMID 9760194.
  2. Janz R, Sudhof TC, Hammer RE, Unni V, Siegelbaum SA, Bolshakov VY (Jan 2000). “Essential roles in synaptic plasticity for synaptogyrin I and synaptophysin I”. Neuron. 24 (3): 687–700. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81122-8. PMID 10595519.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: SYNGR1 synaptogyrin 1”.

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