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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Sec17 (α-SNAP) and Sec18 (NSF) restrict membrane fusion to R-SNAREs, Q-SNAREs, and SM proteins from identical compartments.

Youngsoo Jun, William Wickner

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Sec18 ATP hydrolysis selectively releases Sec17 fromMolecular biology of the cell · 2025
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  10. α-Synuclein is required for sperm exocytosis at a post-fusion stage.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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  12. The function of VAMP2 in mediating membrane fusion: An overview.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Youngsoo JunDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755-3844; junys@gist.ac.kr Bill.Wickner@Dartmouth.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2387-032X
William WicknerDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755-3844; junys@gist.ac.kr Bill.Wickner@Dartmouth.edu.
Dartmouth College · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Membrane FusionR35GM118037 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI WILLIAM Tobey WICKNER · 2016 to 2026
$8.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane fusion at each organelle requires conserved proteins: Rab-GTPases, effector tethering complexes, Sec1/Munc18 (SM)-family SNARE chaperones, SNAREs of the R, Qa, Qb, and Qc families, and the Sec17/α-SNAP and ATP-dependent Sec18/NSF SNARE chaperone system. The basis of organelle-specific fusion, which is essential for accurate protein compartmentation, has been elusive. Rab family GTPases, SM proteins, and R- and Q-SNAREs may contribute to this specificity. We now report that the fusion supported by SNAREs alone is both inefficient and promiscuous with respect to organelle identity and to stimulation by SM family proteins or complexes. SNARE-only fusion is abolished by the disassembly chaperones Sec17 and Sec18. Efficient fusion in the presence of Sec17 and Sec18 requires a tripartite match between the organellar identities of the R-SNARE, the Q-SNAREs, and the SM protein or complex. The functions of Sec17 and Sec18 are not simply negative regulation; they stimulate fusion with either vacuolar SNAREs and their SM protein complex HOPS or endoplasmic reticulum/

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphatasesEndoplasmic ReticulumGolgi ApparatusIntracellular MembranesLysosomesMembrane FusionMolecular ChaperonesMultiprotein ComplexesMunc18 ProteinsOrganellesOrgan SpecificityProteolipidsRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSNARE ProteinsAdenosine TriphosphatasesMolecular ChaperonesMultiprotein ComplexesMunc18 ProteinsProteolipidsproteoliposomesRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSEC17 protein, S cerevisiaeSEC18 protein, S cerevisiaeSNARE ProteinsSoluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment ProteinsVesicular Transport Proteinsmembrane fusionNSFSM proteinSNAREα-SNAP

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PMID31685636
PMCPMC6876204
OpenAlexW2987401938

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