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Hemifusion in SNARE-mediated membrane fusion.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 May 2005
Xu Yibin, Zhang Fan, Su Zengliu, McNew James A, Shin Yeon-Kyun
Abstract excerpt
SNAREs are essential for intracellular membrane fusion. Using EPR, we determined the structure of the transmembrane domain (TMD) of the vesicle (v)-SNARE Snc2p involved in trafficking in yeast. Structural features of the TMD were used to design a v-SNARE mutant in which about half of the TMD was deleted. Liposomes containing this mutant induced outer leaflet mixing but not inner leaflet mixing when incubated with...
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