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Are neuronal SNARE proteins Ca2+ sensors?
Journal of molecular biology - 18 Mar 2005
Chen Xiaocheng, Tang Jiong, Sudhof Thomas C, Rizo Josep
Abstract excerpt
The neuronal SNARE complex formed by synaptobrevin, syntaxin and SNAP-25 plays a central role in Ca2+-triggered neurotransmitter release. The SNARE complex contains several potential Ca2+-binding sites on the surface, suggesting that the SNAREs may be involved directly in Ca2+-binding during release. Indeed, overexpression of SNAP-25 bearing mutations in two putative Ca2+ ligands (E170A/Q177A) causes a decrease...
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