Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Vesicle Priming by Munc13 and Munc18

Neuron

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 591-607.e10

  Lai, Ying ^a   Choi, Ucheor B ^a   Leitz, Jeremy ^a   Rhee, Hong Jun ^b   Lee, Choongku ^b   Altas, Bekir ^b   Zhao, Minglei ^a   Pfuetzner, Richard A ^a   Wang, Austin L ^a   Brose, Nils ^b   Rhee, JeongSeop ^b   Brunger, Axel T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

complexin; Munc13; Munc18; neuronal SNAREs; neurotransmitter release; plasticity; priming; synaptotagmin

Indexed keywords

MUNC13 PROTEIN; MUNC18 PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN; SNAP 25 PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN 1; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; NERVE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNC13A PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNC13B PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXOCYTOSIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MUNC18 PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 85026375994     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.07.004     Document Type: Article

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