The X-ray crystal structure of neuronal Sec1 from squid sheds new light on the role of this protein in exocytosis

Structure

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 685-694

  Bracher, Andreas ^a   Perrakis, Anastassis ^a   Dresbach, Thomas ^b   Betz, Heinrich ^b   Weissenhorn, Winfried ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane fusion; Neuronal Sec1; Neurotransmitter release; Squid; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EXOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SQUID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CEPHALOPODA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034661479     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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