PROTEINS OF POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY
PROTEINS OF POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.63.2.456
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
COTMAN, CW
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作者:
BANKER, G;CHURCHILL, L;COTMAN, CW
An analysis was made of the protein composition of a fraction of postsynaptic densities (PSDs) prepared from rat brain. Protein makes up 90% of the material in the PSD fraction. Two major polypeptide fractions are present, based on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The major polypeptide fraction has a molecular weight of 53,000, makes up about 45% of the PSD protein, and comigrates on gels with a major polypeptide of the synaptic plasma membrane. The other polypeptide band has a molecular weight of 97,000, accounts for 17% of the PSD protein, and is not a prominent constituent of other fractions. Six other poly peptides of higher molecular weight (100,000-180,000) are consistently present in small amounts (3-9% each). The PSD fraction contains slightly greater amounts of polar amino acids and proline than the synaptic plasma membrane fraction, but no amino acid is usually prominent. The PSD apparently consists of a structural matrix formed primarily by a single polypeptide or class of polypeptides of 53,000 molecular weight. Small amounts of other specialized proteins are contained within this matrix.The postsynaptic density (PSD) 1 is a characteristic feature of most synapses within the central nervous system. In the preceding paper (Cotman et al., 1974) we reported that PSDs may be isolated by detergent treatment of synaptic membrane fractions that contain intact synaptic junctional com-