Article
Identification of the amino acid residues rendering TI-VAMP insensitive toward botulinum neurotoxin B.
Journal of molecular biology - 24 Mar 2006
Sikorra Stefan, Henke Tina, Swaminathan Subramanyam, Galli Thierry, Binz Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Botulinum neurotoxins types B, D, F, and G, and tetanus neurotoxin inhibit vesicular fusion via proteolytic cleavage of VAMP/Synaptobrevin, a core component of the membrane fusion machinery. Thus, these neurotoxins became widely used tools for investigating vesicular trafficking routes. Except for VAMP-1, VAMP-2, and Cellubrevin, no other member of the VAMP family represents a substrate for these neurotoxins. The...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
