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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 2, 1692-1704, Copyright © 1982 by Society for Neuroscience

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Characterization and localization of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate- binding proteins in the nervous system of Aplysia

CM Eppler, MJ Palazzolo and JH Schwartz

Earlier work in Aplysia californica has indicated that sensitization of the gill reflex, a simple form of learning, is produced by cAMP- dependent protein phosphorylation which regulates the flux of ions in sensory neurons of the abdominal ganglion. These changes in ion flux result in the enhanced release of neurotransmitter from synapses of the sensory neurons which, in turn, mediate the behavior. Because it can be presumed that protein phosphorylation regulates the functioning of ion channel proteins, we have characterized cAMP-binding proteins photoaffinity labeled with 8-N3-cAMP and have found that, unlike other tissues, the nervous system contains a great variety of binding species. Also unlike other tissues, several of the binding proteins in neurons are associated with membrane, and these components are concentrated in fractions enriched in nerve endings. Selectivity of phosphorylation, not only between substrates in cytosol and membrane but also between different regions of the cell, is thus possible because of the variety of cAMP-binding proteins in neurons. We think that these membrane-associated binding proteins are the most likely candidates for the regulatory subunits of the cAMP-dependent kinases that control the functioning of ion channel proteins at the synapse.

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