Early endosomal SNAREs form a structurally conserved SNARE complex and fuse liposomes with multiple topologies

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Zwilling, Daniel ^a   Cypionka, Anna ^a   Pohl, Wiebke H ^a   Fasshauer, Dirk ^a   Walla, Peter J ^a,b   Wahl, Markus C ^a   Jahn, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Early endosomes; Membrane fusin; Proteoliposomes; SNAREs

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; SNARE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOSOME; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDOSOMES; LIPOSOMES; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SNARE PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33846207952     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601467     Document Type: Article

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