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  • Title: Complex gene organization of synaptic protein SNAP-25 in Drosophila melanogaster.
    Author: Risinger C, Deitcher DL, Lundell I, Schwarz TL, Larhammar D.
    Journal: Gene; 1997 Jul 31; 194(2):169-77. PubMed ID: 9272858.
    Abstract:
    The evolutionarily conserved protein SNAP-25 (synaptosome-associated protein 25 kDa (kilodaltons)) is a component of the protein complex involved in the docking and/or fusion of synaptic vesicles in nerve terminals. We report here that the SNAP-25 gene (Snap) in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has a complex organization with eight exons spanning more than 120 kb (kilobases). The exon boundaries coincide with those of the chicken SNAP-25 gene (Bark, 1993). Only a single exon 5 has been found in Drosophila, whereas human, rat, chicken, zebrafish and goldfish have two alternatively spliced versions of this exon. In situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry to whole mount embryos show that SNAP-25 mRNA and protein are detected in stage 14 and later developmental stages, and are mainly localized to the ventral nerve cord. Thus, Snap has an evolutionarily conserved and complex gene organization, and its onset of expression in Drosophila melanogaster correlates with a time in neuronal development when synapses begin to be formed and when other synapse-specific genes are switched on.
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