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. 2009:3357–3555. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_18

Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release by Protein Phosphorylation. Table 1.

Identified protein kinase substrates involved in exocytosis and the kinases that phosphorylate them

Protein In vitro phosphorylation sites In vivo phosphorylation sites Functional significance tested?
CSP PKA: S10 S10 Yes
Munc18-1 PKC: S306, S313 Cdk5: T574 S313 Yes
Rabphilin 3A PKA and PKC: S234, S274 S234, S274 No
Rim 1 PKA: S413, S1548 CaMKII: S241, S287 (indirect) S413 Yes
SNAP-25 PKA: T138 PKC: S187 T138 S187 Yes
Synapsin PKA and CaMKI: S9 As for in vitro Yes
CaMKII: S566, S603
ERK1: S62
ERK2: S67
MAPK and Cdk5: S549
Cdk5: S551
Synaptotagmin I PKC and CaMKII: T112 T112 No
Syntaxin 1A CK2 and ROCK: S14 DAPK: S188 S14 Yes

Key synaptic proteins are listed that have been shown to be phosphorylated in vitro and whose phosphorylation sites have been identified. Only those proteins that have been confirmed through genetic approaches to be required for, or to regulate neurotransmitter release, are included.