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ArticleNature communications2025

Cryo-EM structure of the botulinum neurotoxin A/SV2B complex and its implications for translocation.

Basavraj Khanppnavar, Oneda Leka, Sushant K Pal, Volodymyr M Korkhov, Richard A Kammerer

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  9. Mechanisms underlying allosteric modulation of antiseizure medication binding to synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A).Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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Basavraj Khanppnavar *PSI Center for Life Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6637-3550
Oneda Leka *PSI Center for Life Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland.
Sushant K PalPSI Center for Life Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6193-9762
Volodymyr M KorkhovPSI Center for Life Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland. volodymyr.korkhov@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-9433
Richard A KammererPSI Center for Life Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland. richard.kammerer@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4570-5197

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 198545Swiss National Science Foundation | National Center of Competence in Research Affective Sciences - Emotions in Individual Behaviour and Social Processes (National Centre of Competence in Research Affective Sciences) 310030_212253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Botulinum neurotoxin A1 (BoNT/A1) belongs to the most potent toxins and is used as a major therapeutic agent. Neurotoxin conformation is crucial for its translocation to the neuronal cytosol, a key process for intoxication that is only poorly understood. To gain molecular insights into the steps preceding toxin translocation, we determine cryo-EM structures of BoNT/A1 alone and in complex with its receptor synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2B (SV2B). In solution, BoNT/A1 adopts a unique, semi-closed conformation. The toxin changes its structure into an open state upon receptor binding with the translocation domain (H

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Botulinum Toxins, Type AMembrane GlycoproteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsAnimalsCatalytic DomainCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein TransportBotulinum Toxins, Type AMembrane GlycoproteinsNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID39934119
PMCPMC11814414

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