Rationale: Preembedding immuno-EM reveals the presence of immunoreactivityfor MARCKS in some axons and axon terminals in the cingulate cortex.
MARCKS is myristoylated and interacts additionally via a cluster of basic residues through electrostatic interactions with the plasma membrane (myristoyl-electrostatic switch). Therefore the term "anchored component of the presynaptic PM" was chosen. Phosphorylation of MARCKS induces translocation of the protein to the cytosol (Reference 1). MARCKS is detected both, in membrane and soluble fractions (Reference 2).
An affinity purified antibody against rat MARCKS was generated in the study and the specificity of the antibody was confirmed by Western Blot (Fig. 1). No KO-control.
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- myristoylation used to infer 'anchored component of presynaptic membrane (GO:0099026)'. Experimental description: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (150 gm) were anesthetized with ...