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Selective activation of cognate SNAREpins by Sec1/Munc18 proteins.
Cell - 12 Jan 2007
Shen Jingshi, Tareste David C, Paumet Fabienne, Rothman James E, Melia Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
Sec1/Munc18 (SM) proteins are required for every step of intracellular membrane fusion, but their molecular mechanism of action has been unclear. In this work, we demonstrate a fundamental role of the SM protein: to act as a stimulatory subunit of its cognate SNARE fusion machinery. In a reconstituted system, mammalian SNARE pairs assemble between bilayers to drive a basal fusion reaction. Munc18-1/nSec1, a...
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