Self-interaction of a SNARE Transmembrane Domain Promotes the Hemifusion-to-fusion Transition

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1048-1060

  Hofmann, Mathias W ^a   Peplowska, Karolina ^b,c   Rohde, Jan ^b   Poschner, Bernhard C ^a   Ungermann, Christian ^c   Langosch, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

hemifusion; SNARE; transmembrane domain; vacuole fusion; Vam3p

Indexed keywords

HOMODIMER; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SNARE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DIMERIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33751342912     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.077     Document Type: Article

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