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UNC-80 and the NCA ion channels contribute to endocytosis defects in synaptojanin mutants.
Current biology : CB - 18 Sept 2007
Jospin Maelle, Watanabe Shigeki, Joshi Deepa, Young Sean, Hamming Kevin, Thacker Colin, Snutch Terrance P, Jorgensen Erik M, Schuske Kim
Abstract excerpt
Synaptojanin is a lipid phosphatase required to degrade phosphatidylinositol 4,5 bisphosphate (PIP(2)) at cell membranes during synaptic vesicle recycling. Synaptojanin mutants in C. elegans are severely uncoordinated and are depleted of synaptic vesicles, possibly because of accumulation of PIP(2). To identify proteins that act downstream of PIP(2) during endocytosis, we screened for suppressors of synaptojanin...
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