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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-8
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
During neurotransmitter release, the neuronal SNARE proteins synaptobrevin/VAMP, syntaxin, and SNAP-25 form a four-helix bundle, the SNARE complex, that pulls the synaptic vesicle and plasma membranes together possibly causing membrane fusion. Complexin binds tightly to the SNARE complex and is essential for efficient Ca(2+)-evoked neurotransmitter release. A combined X-ray and TROSY-based NMR study now reveals the atomic structure of the complexin/SNARE complex. Complexin binds in an antiparallel alpha-helical conformation to the groove between the synaptobrevin and syntaxin helices. This interaction stabilizes the interface between these two helices, which bears the repulsive forces between the apposed membranes. These results suggest that complexin stabilizes the fully assembled SNARE complex as a key step that enables the exquisitely high speed of Ca(2+)-evoked neurotransmitter release.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Macromolecular Substances, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Qa-SNARE Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/R-SNARE Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SNARE Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vesicular Transport Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/complexin I
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
397-409
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Cytoplasmic Vesicles, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Membrane Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Protein Structure, Quaternary, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Qa-SNARE Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-R-SNARE Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-SNARE Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25, pubmed-meshheading:11832227-Vesicular Transport Proteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Three-dimensional structure of the complexin/SNARE complex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't