CSP

A chaperon at the synapse

References SySy CSP antibodies

Wahlin KJ, Moreira EF, Huang H, Yu N & Adler R (2008). Molecular dynamics of photoreceptor synapse formation in the developing chick retina. Journal of Comparative Neurology 506: 822-37. WB, IHC

General references CSP

Smith GB, Umbach JA, Hirano A & Gundersen CB (2005). Interaction between constitutively expressed heat shock protein, Hsc 70, and cysteine string protein is important for cortical granule exocytosis in xenopus oocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280: 32669-75.

Evans GJ & Morgan A (2005). Phosphorylation of cysteine string protein in the brain: developmental, regional and synaptic specificity. European Journal of Neuroscience 21: 2671-80.

Miller LC, Swayne LA, Chen L, Feng ZP, Wacker JL, Muchowski PJ, Zamponi GW & Braun JE (2003). Cysteine string protein (CSP) inhibition of N-type calcium channels is blocked by mutant huntingtin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278: 53072-81.

Chamberlain LH, Graham ME, Kane S, Jackson JL, Maier VH, Burgoyne RD, Gould GW (2001). The synaptic vesicle protein, cysteine-string protein, is associated with the plasma membrane in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and interacts with syntaxin 4. Journal of Cell Science 114: 445-55.

Chamberlain LH & Burgoyne RD (1998). The cysteine-string domain of the secretory vesicle cysteine-string protein is required for membrane targeting. Biochemical Journal 335: 205-9.

Chamberlain LH & Burgoyne RD (1997). The molecular chaperone function of the secretory vesicle cysteine string proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272: 31420-6.

Chamberlain LH & Burgoyne RD (1996). Identification of a novel cysteine string protein variant and expression of cysteine string proteins in non-neuronal cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 271: 7320-3.