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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Vesicular Transport Proteins > SNARE Proteins > R-SNARE Proteins > Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Fusion Proteins > SNARE Proteins > R-SNARE Proteins > Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2

Preferred term

Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Synaptobrevin 2
  • VAMP 2
  • VAMP-2
  • VAMP2

Note

  • see SCR for organism-specific terms

Scope note

  • A synaptic membrane protein involved in MEMBRANE FUSION of SYNAPTIC VESICLES with the presynaptic membranes. It is the prototype member of the R-SNARE PROTEINS.

History note

  • 2006 (1988)

In other languages

  • VAMP-2

    Finnish

  • vesikkeliin liittyvä kalvoproteiini 2
  • VAMP-2

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050988

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