The encoded protein may participate in the regulation of synaptic vesicle docking and fusion, possibly through interaction with GTP-binding proteins. It is essential for neurotransmission and binds syntaxin, a component of the synaptic vesicle fusion machinery probably in a 1:1 ratio. It can interact with syntaxins 1, 2, and 3 but not syntaxin 4 and may play a role in determining the specificity of intracellular fusion reactions.[3][4] This protein functions in a late stage of the intracellular membrane fusion process of exocytosis. Dissociation of this protein from syntaxin determines the kinetics of postfusion events.[8] This protein is essential for presynpatic vesicle release and is rapidly phosphorylated by protein kinase C upon neuronal depolarization.[9] The protein participates in the secretory pathway between the Golgi apparatus and cell membrane.[10][7]
This gene was initially discovered in 2008 as cause for Ohtahara Syndrome. Ever since, it has become one of the most prominent genes for epileptic encephalopathies so far.[11]
The STXBP1 gene is expressed in the brain and spinal cord and highly enriched in axons.[3][4] Expression of this protein is highest in the retina and cerebellum.[5][7]
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↑ 5.05.1Swanson DA, Steel JM, Valle D (March 1998). "Identification and characterization of the human ortholog of rat STXBP1, a protein implicated in vesicle trafficking and neurotransmitter release". Genomics. 48 (3): 373–6. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5202. PMID9545644.
↑Hamdan FF, Piton A, Gauthier J, Lortie A, Dubeau F, Dobrzeniecka S, Spiegelman D, Noreau A, Pellerin S, Côté M, Henrion E, Fombonne E, Mottron L, Marineau C, Drapeau P, Lafrenière RG, Lacaille JC, Rouleau GA, Michaud JL (June 2009). "De novo STXBP1 mutations in mental retardation and nonsyndromic epilepsy". Annals of Neurology. 65 (6): 748–53. doi:10.1002/ana.21625. PMID19557857.
↑ 7.07.17.2Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, OMIM®. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. MIM Number: {602926}: {04/22/2014}: . World Wide Web URL: https://omim.org/
↑Fisher RJ, Pevsner J, Burgoyne RD (February 2001). "Control of fusion pore dynamics during exocytosis by Munc18". Science. 291 (5505): 875–8. doi:10.1126/science.291.5505.875. PMID11157167.
↑Wierda KD, Toonen RF, de Wit H, Brussaard AB, Verhage M (April 2007). "Interdependence of PKC-dependent and PKC-independent pathways for presynaptic plasticity". Neuron. 54 (2): 275–90. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.04.001. PMID17442248.
↑ 14.014.114.2Hata Y, Südhof TC (June 1995). "A novel ubiquitous form of Munc-18 interacts with multiple syntaxins. Use of the yeast two-hybrid system to study interactions between proteins involved in membrane traffic". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270 (22): 13022–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.22.13022. PMID7768895.
↑Bhaskar K, Shareef MM, Sharma VM, Shetty AP, Ramamohan Y, Pant HC, Raju TR, Shetty KT (January 2004). "Co-purification and localization of Munc18-1 (p67) and Cdk5 with neuronal cytoskeletal proteins". Neurochemistry International. 44 (1): 35–44. doi:10.1016/S0197-0186(03)00099-8. PMID12963086.
↑McMahon HT, Missler M, Li C, Südhof TC (October 1995). "Complexins: cytosolic proteins that regulate SNAP receptor function". Cell. 83 (1): 111–9. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90239-2. PMID7553862.
↑Pérez-Brangulí F, Muhaisen A, Blasi J (June 2002). "Munc 18a binding to syntaxin 1A and 1B isoforms defines its localization at the plasma membrane and blocks SNARE assembly in a three-hybrid system assay". Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences. 20 (2): 169–80. doi:10.1006/mcne.2002.1122. PMID12093152.
Further reading
Barcia G, Barnerias C, Rio M, Siquier-Pernet K, Desguerre I, Colleaux L, Munnich A, Rotig A, Nabbout R (December 2013). "A novel mutation in STXBP1 causing epileptic encephalopathy (late onset infantile spasms) with partial respiratory chain complex IV deficiency". European Journal of Medical Genetics. 56 (12): 683–5. doi:10.1016/j.ejmg.2013.09.013. PMID24095819.
Fujita Y, Sasaki T, Fukui K, Kotani H, Kimura T, Hata Y, Südhof TC, Scheller RH, Takai Y (March 1996). "Phosphorylation of Munc-18/n-Sec1/rbSec1 by protein kinase C: its implication in regulating the interaction of Munc-18/n-Sec1/rbSec1 with syntaxin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (13): 7265–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.13.7265. PMID8631738.
Gengyo-Ando K, Kitayama H, Mukaida M, Ikawa Y (November 1996). "A murine neural-specific homolog corrects cholinergic defects in Caenorhabditis elegans unc-18 mutants". The Journal of Neuroscience. 16 (21): 6695–702. PMID8824310.
Tellam JT, Macaulay SL, McIntosh S, Hewish DR, Ward CW, James DE (March 1997). "Characterization of Munc-18c and syntaxin-4 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Putative role in insulin-dependent movement of GLUT-4". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (10): 6179–86. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.10.6179. PMID9045631.
Verhage M, de Vries KJ, Røshol H, Burbach JP, Gispen WH, Südhof TC (March 1997). "DOC2 proteins in rat brain: complementary distribution and proposed function as vesicular adapter proteins in early stages of secretion". Neuron. 18 (3): 453–61. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81245-3. PMID9115738.
Okamoto M, Südhof TC (December 1997). "Mints, Munc18-interacting proteins in synaptic vesicle exocytosis". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (50): 31459–64. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.50.31459. PMID9395480.
Fletcher AI, Shuang R, Giovannucci DR, Zhang L, Bittner MA, Stuenkel EL (February 1999). "Regulation of exocytosis by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 via phosphorylation of Munc18". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (7): 4027–35. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.7.4027. PMID9933594.
Reed GL, Houng AK, Fitzgerald ML (April 1999). "Human platelets contain SNARE proteins and a Sec1p homologue that interacts with syntaxin 4 and is phosphorylated after thrombin activation: implications for platelet secretion". Blood. 93 (8): 2617–26. PMID10194441.
Misura KM, Scheller RH, Weis WI (March 2000). "Three-dimensional structure of the neuronal-Sec1-syntaxin 1a complex". Nature. 404 (6776): 355–62. doi:10.1038/35006120. PMID10746715.
Allan BB, Moyer BD, Balch WE (July 2000). "Rab1 recruitment of p115 into a cis-SNARE complex: programming budding COPII vesicles for fusion". Science. 289 (5478): 444–8. doi:10.1126/science.289.5478.444. PMID10903204.
Ho CS, Marinescu V, Steinhilb ML, Gaut JR, Turner RS, Stuenkel EL (July 2002). "Synergistic effects of Munc18a and X11 proteins on amyloid precursor protein metabolism". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (30): 27021–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201823200. PMID12016213.
Pérez-Brangulí F, Muhaisen A, Blasi J (June 2002). "Munc 18a binding to syntaxin 1A and 1B isoforms defines its localization at the plasma membrane and blocks SNARE assembly in a three-hybrid system assay". Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences. 20 (2): 169–80. doi:10.1006/mcne.2002.1122. PMID12093152.
Barclay JW, Craig TJ, Fisher RJ, Ciufo LF, Evans GJ, Morgan A, Burgoyne RD (March 2003). "Phosphorylation of Munc18 by protein kinase C regulates the kinetics of exocytosis". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (12): 10538–45. doi:10.1074/jbc.M211114200. PMID12519779.
Fukuda M (April 2003). "Slp4-a/granuphilin-a inhibits dense-core vesicle exocytosis through interaction with the GDP-bound form of Rab27A in PC12 cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (17): 15390–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M213090200. PMID12590134.
Craig TJ, Evans GJ, Morgan A (September 2003). "Physiological regulation of Munc18/nSec1 phosphorylation on serine-313". Journal of Neurochemistry. 86 (6): 1450–7. doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01955.x. PMID12950453.