Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody to Syntaxin 16

This gene encodes a protein that is a member of the syntaxin or t~SNARE (target~SNAP receptor) family. These proteins are found on cell membranes and serve as the targets for V~SNARES (vesicle~SNAP receptors) permitting specific synaptic vesicle docking and fusion. A microdeletion in the region of chromosome 20 where this gene is located has been associated with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib. Multiple transcript variants have been found for this gene. Read~through transcription also exists between this gene and the neighboring downstream aminopeptidase~like 1 (NPEPL1) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]