Gene:
vesicle-associated membrane protein 4
Gene ID:
202595
Symbol:
VAMP4
Species:
1000
Description:
Synaptobrevins/VAMPs, syntaxins, and the 25-kD synaptosomal-associated protein SNAP25 are the main components of a protein complex involved in the docking and/or fusion of synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic membrane. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)/synaptobrevin family. This protein may play a role in trans-Golgi network-to-endosome transport. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.