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NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 14, 期 10, 页码 904-911出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1305
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [P01 GM072694] Funding Source: Medline
Synaptotagmin-1 is the calcium sensor for neuronal exocytosis, but the mechanism by which it triggers membrane fusion is not fully understood. Here we show that synaptotagmin accelerates SNARE-dependent fusion of liposomes by interacting with neuronal Q-SNARES in a Ca2+- independent manner. Ca2+- dependent binding of synaptotagmin to its own membrane impedes the activation. Preventing this cis interaction allows Ca2+ to trigger synaptotagmin binding in trans, accelerating fusion. However, when an activated SNARE acceptor complex is used, synaptotagmin has no effect on fusion kinetics, suggesting that synaptotagmin operates upstream of SNARE assembly in this system. Our results resolve major discrepancies concerning the effects of full-length synaptotagmin and its C2AB fragment on liposome fusion and shed new light on the interactions of synaptotagmin with SNAREs and membranes. However, our findings also show that the action of synaptotagmin on the fusionarrested state of docked vesicles in vivo is not fully reproduced in vitro.
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