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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2010

Doc2b is a high-affinity Ca2+ sensor for spontaneous neurotransmitter release.

Alexander J Groffen, Sascha Martens, Rocío Díez Arazola, L Niels Cornelisse, Natalia Lozovaya, Arthur P H de Jong, Natalia A Goriounova, Ron L P Habets, Yoshimi Takai, J Gerard Borst and 3 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 203 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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203citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

203 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 312 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Alexander J GroffenDepartment of Functional Genomics, CNCR, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University and VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands. sander.groffen@cncr.vu.nl
Sascha Martens
Rocío Díez Arazola
L Niels Cornelisse
Natalia Lozovaya
Arthur P H de Jong
Natalia A Goriounova
Ron L P Habets
Yoshimi Takai
J Gerard Borst
Nils Brose
Harvey T McMahon
Matthijs Verhage
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology · UAKobe University · JPMedical Research Council · GBMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105178795Medical Research Council U.1051.02.007(78795)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic vesicle fusion in brain synapses occurs in phases that are either tightly coupled to action potentials (synchronous), immediately following action potentials (asynchronous), or as stochastic events in the absence of action potentials (spontaneous). Synaptotagmin-1, -2, and -9 are vesicle-associated Ca2+ sensors for synchronous release. Here we found that double C2 domain (Doc2) proteins act as Ca2+ sensors to trigger spontaneous release. Although Doc2 proteins are cytosolic, they function analogously to synaptotagmin-1 but with a higher Ca2+ sensitivity. Doc2 proteins bound to N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE) complexes in competition with synaptotagmin-1. Thus, different classes of multiple C2 domain-containing molecules trigger synchronous versus spontaneous fusion, which suggests a general mechanism for synaptic vesicle fusion triggered by the combined actions of SNAREs and multiple C2 domain-containing proteins.

Indexed as

Synaptic TransmissionAction PotentialsAnimalsBinding SitesCalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsCells, CulturedExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsHippocampusInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsMembrane FusionMiceMice, KnockoutMutant ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsCalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsDoc2b protein, mouseMutant ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurotransmitter AgentsSNARE ProteinsSynaptotagmin ISyt1 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID20150444
PMCPMC2846320
OpenAlexW2041423137

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