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ArticleCell reports2019

A Hyperactive Form of unc-13 Enhances Ca

Lei Li, Haowen Liu, Qi Hall, Wei Wang, Yi Yu, Joshua M Kaplan, Zhitao Hu

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Article in Cell reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Munc13-1 couples DAG and CaScience advances · 2026
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  3. A specific negatively charged sequence confers intramolecular regulation on Munc13-1 function in synaptic exocytosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  11. A unique C2 domain at the C terminus of Munc13 promotes synaptic vesicle priming.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lei LiQueensland Brain Institute, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Haowen LiuQueensland Brain Institute, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Qi HallDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Wei WangQueensland Brain Institute, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Yi YuQueensland Brain Institute, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Joshua M KaplanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: kaplan@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu.
Zhitao HuQueensland Brain Institute, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. Electronic address: z.hu1@uq.edu.au.
University of Queensland · AUPark Centre for Mental Health · AUHarvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

DISSECTING G PROTEIN PATHWAYSR01GM054728 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI KAPLAN, JOSHUA M · 1997 to 2018
$6.5M
Selective Optogenetic Inhibition of Neuropeptide ReleaseR21EY029450 · NEI · TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY · PI BLINDER, PABLO, HU, ZHITAO · 2018 to 2019
$322k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY029450NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM054728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Munc13 proteins play several roles in regulating short-term synaptic plasticity. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unclear. Here we report that C. elegans UNC-13L, a Munc13-1 ortholog, has three domains that inhibit synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis. These include the X (sequence between C2A and C1), C1, and C2B domains. Deleting all three inhibitory domains produces a hyperactive UNC-13 (sUNC-13) that exhibits dramatically increased neurotransmitter release, Ca

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCalciumExocytosisMembrane ProteinsMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronal PlasticityProbabilityProtein DomainsSNARE ProteinsSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic VesiclesSyntaxin 1Caenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCalciumMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsSNARE ProteinsSyntaxin 1Unc-13 protein, C elegansCa(2+) sensitivityevoked releasesynaptic depressionsynaptic transmissionsyntaxin-1Atonic releaseunc-13

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PMID31509756
PMCPMC6779330
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