Neurobeachin is essential for neuromuscular synaptic transmission.

We report a random disruption in the mouse genome that resulted in lethal paralysis in homozygous newborns. The disruption blocked expression of neurobeachin, a protein containing a BEACH (beige and Chediak-Higashi) domain implicated in synaptic vesicle trafficking and an AKAP (A-kinase anchor protein) domain linked to localization of cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity. nbea-null mice demonstrated a complete block of evoked synaptic transmission at neuromuscular junctions, whereas nerve conduction, synaptic structure, and spontaneous synaptic vesicle release were completely normal. These findings support an essential role for neurobeachin in evoked neurotransmitter release at neuromuscular junctions and suggest that it plays an important role in synaptic transmission.

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Yuhua Su, Rita J Balice-Gordon, Darren M Hess, Douglas S Landsman, Jeremy Minarcik, Jeffrey Golden, Ivy Hurwitz, Stephen A Liebhaber, Nancy E Cooke. Neurobeachin is essential for neuromuscular synaptic transmission. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2004 Apr 7;24(14):3627-36

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PMID: 15071111

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