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syntaxin

2 syntaxins A & B are 84% identical & expressed only in the CNS. They may function in docking synaptic vesicles near Ca+2 channels at presynaptic active zones. Syntaxins associate with synaptotagmin.

Interactions

molecular events

Related

synaptotagmin

Specific

syntaxin-1A; syntaxin-A; neuron-specific antigen HPC-1 (STX1A, STX1) syntaxin-1B; syntaxin-1B1; syntaxin-1B2 (STX1B STX1B1 STX1B2) syntaxin-2; epimorphin (STX2, EPIM, STX2A, STX2B, STX2C) syntaxin-3; syntaxin-3A; syntaxin-3B (STX3, STX3A, STX3B) syntaxin-4; renal carcinoma antigen NY-REN-31 (STX4, STX4A) syntaxin-5 (STX5, STX5A) syntaxin-6 (STX6) syntaxin-7 (STX7) syntaxin-8 (STX8) syntaxin-10; syn10 (STX10 SYN10) syntaxin-11 (STX11) syntaxin-12 (STX12) syntaxin-16; syn16 (STX16) syntaxin-17 (STX17, KAT01814) syntaxin-18; cell growth-inhibiting gene 9 protein (STX18) syntaxin-19 (STX19)

General

SNARE [soluble NSF attachment receptor] protein (SNARE, SNAP receptor)

Properties

COMPARTMENT: intracellular vesicle MOTIF: transmembrane domain

References

  1. Sollner T, Whiteheart SW, Brunner M et al SNAP receptors implicated in vesicle targeting and fusion. Nature. 1993 Mar 25;362(6418):318-24. PMID: 8455717
  2. Bennett MK, Calakos N, Scheller RH. Syntaxin: a synaptic protein implicated in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones. Science. 1992 Jul 10;257(5067):255-9. PMID: 1321498

Component-of

molecular complex