Synaptic vesicle membrane protein VAT-1 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VAT1gene.[1][2][3]
Synaptic vesicles are responsible for regulating the storage and release of neurotransmitters in the nerve terminal. The protein encoded by this gene is an abundant integral membrane protein of cholinergic synaptic vesicles and is thought to be involved in vesicular transport. It belongs to the quinone oxidoreductase subfamily of zinc-containing alcohol dehydrogenase proteins.[3]
In melanocytic cells VAT1 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.[4]
References
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↑Smith TM, Lee MK, Szabo CI, Jerome N, McEuen M, Taylor M, Hood L, King MC (Feb 1997). "Complete genomic sequence and analysis of 117 kb of human DNA containing the gene BRCA1". Genome Res. 6 (11): 1029–49. doi:10.1101/gr.6.11.1029. PMID8938427.
↑Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, et al. (2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID19067971.
Further reading
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Harshman K, Bell R, Rosenthal J, et al. (1995). "Comparison of the positional cloning methods used to isolate the BRCA1 gene". Hum. Mol. Genet. 4 (8): 1259–66. doi:10.1093/hmg/4.8.1259. PMID7581362.
Friedman LS, Ostermeyer EA, Lynch ED, et al. (1995). "The search for BRCA1". Cancer Res. 54 (24): 6374–82. PMID7987831.
Matoba R, Okubo K, Hori N, et al. (1994). "The addition of 5'-coding information to a 3'-directed cDNA library improves analysis of gene expression". Gene. 146 (2): 199–207. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90293-3. PMID8076819.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID14702039.