Mutations that disrupt Ca²⁺-binding activity endow Doc2β with novel functional properties during synaptic transmission.

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Double C2-domain protein (Doc2) is a Ca(2+)-binding protein implicated in asynchronous and spontaneous neurotransmitter release. Here we demonstrate that each of its C2 domains senses Ca(2+); moreover, the tethered tandem C2 domains display properties distinct from the isolated domains. We confirm that overexpression of a mutant form of Doc2β, in which two acidic Ca(2+) ligands in the C2A domain and two in the...

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