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The expression and cellular localization of brain/kidney protein in the rat retina
1Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Socho-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Brain Research
|March 23, 2000
Abstract:
Brain/kidney (B/K) protein is a new protein of 474 amino acids, which contains two C2 domains structurally homologous to those present in synaptotagmins. The expression of B/K protein was identified in the rat retina and B/K protein immunoreactivity was localized to a number of ganglion cells, a few amacrine cells and the radial processes of Müller cells. Thus, B/K protein appears to be important in the homeostasis in these cells of the rat retina.