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Sequential analysis of trans-SNARE formation in intracellular membrane fusion.
PLoS biology - 1 Jan 2012
Alpadi Kannan, Kulkarni Aditya, Comte Veronique, Reinhardt Monique, Schmidt Andrea, Namjoshi Sarita, Mayer Andreas, Peters Christopher
Abstract excerpt
SNARE complexes are required for membrane fusion in the endomembrane system. They contain coiled-coil bundles of four helices, three (Q(a), Q(b), and Q(c)) from target (t)-SNAREs and one (R) from the vesicular (v)-SNARE. NSF/Sec18 disrupts these cis-SNARE complexes, allowing reassembly of their subunits into trans-SNARE complexes and subsequent fusion. Studying these reactions in native yeast vacuoles, we found...
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