Patent ID: 8283118

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of a non-coding region of a nucleic acid molecule consisting of a nucleic acid sequence which has at least 99% identity to the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ ID NO:4 and which encodes a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said polypeptide binds to syntaxins 1A, 2 and 3 but not to syntaxin 4, which non-coding region is selected from the group consisting of a 5′-noncoding region shown in sequence segment 19052-64700 of SEQ ID NO:4, a 3′-non coding region shown in sequence segment 1-8391 of SEQ ID NO:4 and an intron region shown in sequence segments 17477-19015, 17183-17425, 16472-17101, 15471-16393, 15303-15392, 14503-15203, 14167-14346, 13999-14082, 13775-13869, 13435-13666, 13222-13377, 13037-13152, 11591-12958, 11006-11449, 9953-10894, 9040-9856, 8850-8955 and 8478-8690 of SEQ ID NO:4, or a full complement of said isolated nucleic acid molecule.