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Symbol CPLX2 contributors: mct/pgu - updated : 07-05-2015
HGNC name complexin 2
HGNC id 2310
EXPRESSION
Type restricted
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Endocrinepancreas     Homo sapiens
Nervousbraindiencephalonamygdala  
 nervecranial nerve   
tissue
SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Muscularstriatumskeletal  
Nervouscentral   
Nervousperipherous   
cells
SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Endocrineislet cell (alpha,beta...) Homo sapiens
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
highly charged protein, rich in Glu, Asp, Lys, Arg
HOMOLOGY
interspecies homolog to murine Cplx2
Homologene
FAMILY
  • complexin/synaphin family
  • SNARE complex-binding proteins family
  • CATEGORY regulatory , transport
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
        intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytosolic,vesicle
    text
  • colocalized with VAMP 2 along the apical plasma membrane following cholecystokinin-8 stimulation
  • basic FUNCTION
  • paying a role in synaptic vesicle exocytosis
  • presynaptic protein that modulate neurotransmitter release and are used as markers of inhibitory synapses
  • regulate the size of the primed vesicle pools and have a positive role in Ca(2+)-triggered exocytosis (
  • can regulates degranulation by interacting with the SNARE complex containing syntaxin-3
  • regulate neurotransmitter release by playing a crucial role in triggering fast exocytosis at the synapse (
  • functional role outside the nervous system and it participates in the Ca(2+)-sensitive regulatory pathway for zymogen granule exocytosis in pancreas (
  • likely key modulator of synaptic activity at the level of astrocytes
  • role of CPLX1 and CPLX2 in facilitating vesicle priming, suggesting that Cplxs may synchronize vesicle release by promoting coupling between secretory vesicles and calcium channels
  • presynaptic proteins CPLX1 and CPLX2 differentially influence cognitive function in early and late stages of Alzheimer disease
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS exocytosis transport
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling neurotransmission
    late step in Ca2+ dependent neurotransmitter release regulating a step immediately preceding vesicle function
    a component component of exocytic core complex
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • binding to syntaxin within the SNAP receptor (SNARE) core complex, promoting its oligomerization, essential for synaptic vesicle exocytosis
  • CPLX1, CPLX2 facilitate and inhibit neurotransmitter release through distinct domains, and their function was proposed to be coupled to the Ca(2+) sensor synaptotagmin-1 (SYT1)
  • bind with high affinity to ternary SNARE complexes and with lower affinity to target SNARE complexes
  • interact with vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP2), syntaxins 3 and 4, but not with VAMP8 or syntaxin 2
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s)
    Susceptibility to schizophrenia
    Variant & Polymorphism SNP
  • six single-nucleotide polymorphisms, distributed over the whole CPLX2 gene, were found to be highly associated with current cognition of schizophrenic subjects but only marginally with premorbid intelligence
  • Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
    psychiatry  
    potentially important therapeutic target for the future treatment of neurologic and psychiatric illnesses
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • in Cplx2 -null mutant mice, prominent cognitive loss of function was obtained only in combination with a minor brain lesion applied during puberty, modeling a clinically relevant environmental risk ("second hit") for schizophrenia