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ArticleNature2017

The primed SNARE-complexin-synaptotagmin complex for neuronal exocytosis.

Qiangjun Zhou, Peng Zhou, Austin L Wang, Dick Wu, Minglei Zhao, Thomas C Südhof, Axel T Brunger

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Article in Nature, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
195citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

195 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 311 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Postsynaptic Complexin Mediates Constitutive Exocytosis of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Junctions in Jeopardy: the neuromuscular junction is a selective pathological target in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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  9. Munc13 serves as a molecular filter for SNARE sorting and assembly in active zone condensates.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  14. Membrane Merger Dynamics in Exocytosis and Endocytosis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  20. Synaptotagmin-1 serves as a primary ZnNature communications · 2025
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135 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiangjun ZhouDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Peng ZhouDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Austin L WangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Dick WuDepartment 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.
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 · 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
Pixel Array Detector for X-ray CrystallographyS10RR029205 · NCRR · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2010 to 2010
$1.8M
Molecular Mechanism and Regulation of Asynchronous ReleaseR00MH113764 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, QIANGJUN · 2020 to 2022
$719k
Molecular Mechanism and Regulation of Asynchronous ReleaseK99MH113764 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, QIANGJUN · 2017 to 2018
$223k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029205NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103393NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103403NIMH NIH HHS K99 MH113764NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH086403NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH113764NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH063105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptotagmin, complexin, and neuronal SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins mediate evoked synchronous neurotransmitter release, but the molecular mechanisms mediating the cooperation between these molecules remain unclear. Here we determine crystal structures of the primed pre-fusion SNARE-complexin-synaptotagmin-1 complex. These structures reveal an unexpected tripartite interface between synaptotagmin-1 and both the SNARE complex and complexin. Simultaneously, a second synaptotagmin-1 molecule interacts with the other side of the SNARE complex via the previously identified primary interface. Mutations that disrupt either interface in solution also severely impair evoked synchronous release in neurons, suggesting that both interfaces are essential for the primed pre-fusion state. Ca

Indexed as

ExocytosisSynaptic TransmissionAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCalciumCrystallography, X-RayFemaleMaleMiceModels, MolecularMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsSNARE ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportCalciumcomplexin INerve Tissue ProteinsNeurotransmitter AgentsSNARE ProteinsSynaptotagmin I

Identifiers

PMID28813412
PMCPMC5757840
OpenAlexW2749952289

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