ArticleNeuron2013
Lipid-anchored SNAREs lacking transmembrane regions fully support membrane fusion during neurotransmitter release.
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- Evaluation of synaptotagmin-1 action models by all-atom molecular dynamics simulations.FEBS open bio · 2025Article
- A lever hypothesis for Synaptotagmin-1 action in neurotransmitter release.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Neurotransmitter release is triggered by a calcium-induced rearrangement in the Synaptotagmin-1/SNARE complex primary interface.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Neurotransmitter release is triggered by a calcium-induced rearrangement in the Synaptotagmin-1/SNARE complex primary interface.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- A lever hypothesis for Synaptotagmin-1 action in neurotransmitter release.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Molecular mechanism underlying SNARE-mediated membrane fusion enlightened by all-atom molecular dynamics simulations.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of SNARE proteins in membrane fusion.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024Review
- Fine tuning of the net charge alternation of polyzwitterion surfaced lipid nanoparticles to enhance cellular uptake and membrane fusion potential.Science and technology of advanced materials · 2024Article
- Double-Transmembrane Domain of SNAREs Decelerates the Fusion by Increasing the Protein-Lipid Mismatch.Journal of molecular biology · 2023Article
- SNARE Proteins in Synaptic Vesicle Fusion.Advances in neurobiology · 2023Article
- Advanced Strategies for Overcoming Endosomal/Lysosomal Barrier in Nanodrug Delivery.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Review
- Epigallocatechin gallate inhibits SNARE-dependent membrane fusion by blocking trans-SNARE assembly.FEBS open bio · 2022Article
- SNARE Modulators and SNARE Mimetic Peptides.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- The beginning and the end of SNARE-induced membrane fusion.FEBS open bio · 2022Review
- Energetics, kinetics, and pathways of SNARE assembly in membrane fusion.Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology · 2022Review
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- Rapid Capture of Cancer Extracellular Vesicles by Lipid Patch Microarrays.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Synaptic vesicle fusion during neurotransmitter release is mediated by assembly of SNARE- and SM-protein complexes composed of syntaxin-1, SNAP-25, synaptobrevin-2/VAMP2, and Munc18-1. Current models suggest that SNARE-complex assembly catalyzes membrane fusion by pulling the transmembrane regions (TMRs) of SNARE proteins together, thus allowing their TMRs to form a fusion pore. These models are consistent with the requirement for TMRs in viral fusion proteins. However, the role of the SNARE TMRs in synaptic vesicle fusion has not yet been tested physiologically. Here, we examined whether synaptic SNAREs require TMRs for catalysis of synaptic vesicle fusion, which was monitored electrophysiologically at millisecond time resolution. Surprisingly, we find that both lipid-anchored syntaxin-1 and lipid-anchored synaptobrevin-2 lacking TMRs efficiently promoted spontaneous and Ca(2+)-triggered membrane fusion. Our data suggest that SNARE proteins function during fusion primarily as force generators, consistent with the notion that forcing lipid membranes close together suffices to induce membrane fusion.
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