Complexin induces a conformational change at the membrane-proximal C-terminal end of the SNARE complex

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue JUNE2016, 2016, Pages

  Choi, Ucheor B ^a   Zhao, Minglei ^a   Zhang, Yunxiang ^a   Lai, Ying ^a   Brunger, Axel T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXIN; COMPLEXIN 1; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; SYNTAXIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEXIN I; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 1; VESICULAR TRANSPORT ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RAT;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 1;

EID: 84978804176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.16886     Document Type: Article

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