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ArticleNature2015

Architecture of the synaptotagmin-SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis.

Qiangjun Zhou, Ying Lai, Taulant Bacaj, Minglei Zhao, Artem Y Lyubimov, Monarin Uervirojnangkoorn, Oliver B Zeldin, Aaron S Brewster, Nicholas K Sauter, Aina E Cohen and 10 more

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Article in Nature, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 223 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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223citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

223 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 369 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

20 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qiangjun ZhouDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Ying LaiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Taulant BacajDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Minglei ZhaoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Artem Y LyubimovDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Monarin UervirojnangkoornDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Oliver B ZeldinDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Aaron S BrewsterPhysical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Nicholas K SauterPhysical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Aina E CohenSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
S Michael SoltisSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Roberto Alonso-MoriSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Matthieu CholletSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Henrik T LemkeSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Richard A PfuetznerDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Ucheor B ChoiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
William I WeisDepartments of Structural Biology, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Photon Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Jiajie DiaoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Thomas C SüdhofDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Axel T BrungerDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USStanford University · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) pp.711-759P41GM103393 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HODGSON, KEITH O · 2012 to 2019
$30.6M
Role of synaptotagmins and neurexin ligands in homeostatic synaptic plasticityP50MH086403 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, LU · 2009 to 2019
$18.4M
Overall EvaluationP41GM103403 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2017
$14.3M
Single molecule studies of SNARE-induced vesicle fusionR37MH063105 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BRUNGER, AXEL T · 2011 to 2020
$4.7M
Realizing New Horizons in X-ray Crystallography Data ProcessingR01GM095887 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI SAUTER, NICHOLAS K · 2011 to 2014
$1.5M
Towards real-time XFEL data reduction with CCTBXR01GM102520 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI SAUTER, NICHOLAS K · 2012 to 2015
$1.4M
LABELIT: Automated Diffraction Analysis for X-ray CrystallographyR01GM077071 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI SAUTER, NICHOLAS K · 2007 to 2009
$1.0M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptotagmin-1 and neuronal SNARE proteins have central roles in evoked synchronous neurotransmitter release; however, it is unknown how they cooperate to trigger synaptic vesicle fusion. Here we report atomic-resolution crystal structures of Ca(2+)- and Mg(2+)-bound complexes between synaptotagmin-1 and the neuronal SNARE complex, one of which was determined with diffraction data from an X-ray free-electron laser, leading to an atomic-resolution structure with accurate rotamer assignments for many side chains. The structures reveal several interfaces, including a large, specific, Ca(2+)-independent and conserved interface. Tests of this interface by mutagenesis suggest that it is essential for Ca(2+)-triggered neurotransmitter release in mouse hippocampal neuronal synapses and for Ca(2+)-triggered vesicle fusion in a reconstituted system. We propose that this interface forms before Ca(2+) triggering, moves en bloc as Ca(2+) influx promotes the interactions between synaptotagmin-1 and the plasma membrane, and consequently remodels the membrane to promote fusion, possibly in conjunction with other interfaces.

Indexed as

ExocytosisAnimalsBinding SitesCalciumCell MembraneCrystallography, X-RayElectronsHippocampusLasersMagnesiumMembrane FusionMiceModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularMutationNeuronsCalciumMagnesiumSNARE ProteinsSynaptotagmins

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PMID26280336
PMCPMC4607316
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