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Synaptotagmin-mediated bending of the target membrane is a critical step in Ca(2+)-regulated fusion.
Cell - 21 Aug 2009
Hui Enfu, Johnson Colin P, Yao Jun, Dunning F Mark, Chapman Edwin R
Abstract excerpt
Decades ago it was proposed that exocytosis involves invagination of the target membrane, resulting in a highly localized site of contact between the bilayers destined to fuse. The vesicle protein synaptotagmin-I (syt) bends membranes in response to Ca(2+), but whether this drives localized invagination of the target membrane to accelerate fusion has not been determined. Previous studies relied on reconstituted...
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