Flowers for synaptic endocytosis

Cell. 2009 Sep 4;138(5):836-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.08.023.

Abstract

Exocytosis and endocytosis of synaptic vesicles are tightly coordinated to maintain a steady supply of new vesicles during periods of extended neuronal stimulation. Yao et al. (2009) now report that a synaptic vesicle membrane protein named Flower promotes endocytosis at neuromuscular junctions in the fruit fly Drosophila.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drosophila Proteins / metabolism*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / cytology
  • Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism*
  • Endocytosis*
  • Synaptic Vesicles / metabolism*

Substances

  • Drosophila Proteins