FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as VACHT_HUMAN, SLC18A3, VACHT. Electrogenic antiporter that exchanges one cholinergic neurotransmitter, acetylcholine or choline, with two intravesicular protons across the membrane of synaptic vesicles. Uses the electrochemical proton gradient established by the V-type proton-pump ATPase to store neurotransmitters inside the vesicles prior to their release via exocytosis (PubMed:8910293, PubMed:20225888) (By similarity). Determines cholinergic vesicular quantal size at presynaptic nerve terminals in developing neuro-muscular junctions with an impact on motor neuron differentiation and innervation pattern (By similarity). Part of forebrain cholinergic system, regulates hippocampal synapse transmissions that underlie spatial memory formation (By similarity). Can transport serotonin. Interacts with SEC14L1.

EXTERNAL LINKS

SLC18A3

Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

SLC18A3

Molecular Synopsis