Human choline acetyltransferase (CHAT): partial gene sequence and potential control regions

JL Toussaint, V Geoffroy, M Schmitt, A Werner… - Genomics, 1992 - Elsevier
Abstract Choline acetyltransferase (CHAT)(EC2. 3.1. 6) is the biosynthetic enzyme for the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous systems. In this study, a …

Partial cloning of the rat choline acetyltransferase gene and in situ localization of its transcripts in the cell body of cholinergic neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord

N Mori, Y Tajima, H Sakaguchi, DJ Vandenbergh… - Molecular brain …, 1993 - Elsevier
We have isolated recombinant lambda (λ) phages which contain a part of the rat choline
acetyltransferase (ChAT) gene. Restriction and Southern blot analyses using synthetic …

Genomic Organization of Drosophila Choline Acetyltransferase

H Sugihara, V Andrisani… - Journal of …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT; acetyl‐CoA: cho‐line‐O‐acetyltransferase; EC 2.3. 1.6) is
the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and is thus …

Cholinergic Neuron‐Specific Expression of the Human Choline Acetyltransferase Gene Is Controlled by Silencer Elements

YP Li, F Baskin, R Davis, LB Hersh - Journal of neurochemistry, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) is specifically expressed in Cholinergic neurons. To
identify control mechanisms regulating the cell‐specific expression of the gene encoding …

Molecular cloning and characterization of a murine hemicholinium-3-sensitive choline transporter

S Apparsundaram, SM Ferguson, RD Blakely - 2001 - portlandpress.com
In cholinergic neurons, a specific requirement for precursor choline in the biosynthesis of
acetylcholine (ACh) is thought to be sustained by a presynaptic, hemicholinium-3 (HC-3) …

A phosphorylation site regulates sorting of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter to dense core vesicles

DE Krantz, C Waites, V Oorschot, Y Liu… - The Journal of cell …, 2000 - rupress.org
Vesicular transport proteins package classical neurotransmitters for regulated exocytotic
release, and localize to at least two distinct types of secretory vesicles. In PC12 cells, the …

Target-dependent development of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in rodent sweat gland innervation

G Guidry, SC Landis - Developmental biology, 1998 - Elsevier
Descriptive studies have delineated a developmental change in neurotransmitter phenotype
from noradrenergic to cholinergic in the sympathetic innervation of sweat glands in rodent …

Immunoreactivity for high-affinity choline transporter colocalises with VAChT in human enteric nervous system

AM Harrington, M Lee, SY Ong, E Yong, P Farmer… - Cell and tissue …, 2010 - Springer
Cholinergic nerves are identified by labelling molecules in the ACh synthesis, release and
destruction pathway. Recently, antibodies against another molecule in this pathway have …

Vesicular localization and activity-dependent trafficking of presynaptic choline transporters

SM Ferguson, V Savchenko… - Journal of …, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
Presynaptic synthesis of acetylcholine (ACh) requires a steady supply of choline, acquired
by a plasma membrane, hemicholinium-3-sensitive (HC-3) choline transporter (CHT). A …

Reexamining the role of choline transporter-like (Ctlp) proteins in choline transport

R Zufferey, TC Santiago, V Brachet… - Neurochemical …, 2004 - Springer
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, choline enters the cell via a single high-affinity transporter,
Hnm1p. hnm1 Δ cells lacking HNM1 gene are viable. However, they are unable to transport …