Genetic and morphological analyses reveal a critical interaction between the C-termini of two SNARE proteins and a parallel four helical arrangement for the exocytic SNARE complex

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 6200-6209

  Katz, Luba ^a   Hanson, Phyllis I ^b   Heuser, John E ^b   Brennwald, Patrick ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sec9; SNAP 25; SNARE complex; Snc2; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPITOPES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; QC-SNARE PROTEINS; R-SNARE PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032476605     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.21.6200     Document Type: Article

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