Complexin activates and clamps SNAREpins by a common mechanism involving an intermediate energetic state

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 941-946

  Li, Feng ^a,b   Pincet, Frédeéric ^a,b   Perez, Eric ^b   Giraudo, Claudio G ^a   Tareste, David ^a,c   Rothman, James E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEXIN; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 1; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2;

EID: 79961030875     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2102     Document Type: Article

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