BackgroundInformation | SNARE-associatedproteinSnapinisalsocalledBiogenesisoflysosome-relatedorganellescomplex1subunit7(BLOC-1subunit7)andSynaptosomal-associatedprotein25-bindingproteinorSNAP-associatedprotein(SNAPAP).SnapinisamemberoftheBLOC-1complex,andmaymodulateastepbetweenvesiclepriming,fusionandcalcium-dependentneurotransmitterreleasebypotentiatingtheinteractionofsynaptotagminswiththeSNAREsandtheplasma-membrane-associatedproteinSNAP25.Snapinisstronglyexpressedinheart,brain,testis,kidneyandliver.Snapinisexpressedintheseminiferoustubulesandmalegermcellsofadulttestis. |