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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 15, 1998, 18(22):9269-9281

SVOP, an Evolutionarily Conserved Synaptic Vesicle Protein, Suggests Novel Transport Functions of Synaptic Vesicles

Roger Janz¹, Kay Hofmann², and Thomas C. Südhof¹

¹ Center for Basic Neuroscience, Department of Molecular Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas 75235, and ² Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland

We describe a novel synaptic vesicle protein called SVOP that is distantly related to the synaptic vesicle proteins SV2A, SV2B, and SV2C (20-22% sequence identity). Both SVOP and SV2 contain 12 transmembrane regions. However, SV2 is highly glycosylated, whereas SVOP is not. Databank searches revealed that closely related homologs of SVOP are present in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila (48% sequence identity), suggesting that SVOP is evolutionarily ancient. In contrast, no invertebrate orthologs of SV2 were detected. The sequences of SVOP and SV2 exhibit homology with transport proteins, in particular with mammalian organic cation and anion transporters. SVOP and SV2 are more distantly related to eukaryotic and bacterial phosphate, sugar, and organic acid transporters. SVOP is expressed at detectable levels only in brain and endocrine cells where it is primarily localized to synaptic vesicles and microvesicles. SVOP is present in all brain regions, with particularly high levels in large pyramidal neurons of the cerebral cortex. Immunocytochemical staining of adjacent rat brain sections for SVOP and SV2 demonstrated that SVOP and SV2 are probably coexpressed in most neurons. Although the functions of SV2 and SVOP remain obscure, the evolutionary conservation of SVOP, its hydrophobic nature, and its homology to transporters strongly support a role in the uptake of a novel, as yet unidentified component of synaptic vesicles. Thus synaptic vesicles contain two classes of abundant proteins with 12 transmembrane regions that are related to transporters, nonglycosylated SVOP and highly glycosylated SV2, suggesting that the transport functions of synaptic vesicles may be more complex than currently envisioned.

Key words: synaptic vesicle protein; SV2; transport protein; synaptic-like microvesicles; chromaffin granules; synapse structure

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