Binding of the complexin N terminus to the SNARE complex potentiates synaptic-vesicle fusogenicity

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 568-575

  Xue, Mingshan ^a,d   Craig, Timothy K ^b   Xu, Junjie ^b   Chao, Hsiao Tuan ^a   Rizo, Josep ^b   Rosenmund, Christian ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COMPLEXIN; PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I;

MUS;

EID: 77951975523     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1791     Document Type: Article

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