Mechanism of neurotransmitter release coming into focus

J Rizo - Protein Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Research for three decades and major recent advances have provided crucial insights into
how neurotransmitters are released by Ca2+‐triggered synaptic vesicle exocytosis, leading …

Single-vesicle assays using liposomes and cell-derived vesicles: from modeling complex membrane processes to synthetic biology and biomedical applications

H Pick, AC Alves, H Vogel - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The plasma membrane is of central importance for defining the closed volume of cells in
contradistinction to the extracellular environment. The plasma membrane not only serves as …

Widespread occurrence of the droplet state of proteins in the human proteome

M Hardenberg, A Horvath, V Ambrus… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
A wide range of proteins have been reported to condensate into a dense liquid phase,
forming a reversible droplet state. Failure in the control of the droplet state can lead to the …

The primed SNARE–complexin–synaptotagmin complex for neuronal exocytosis

Q Zhou, P Zhou, AL Wang, D Wu, M Zhao, TC Südhof… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Synaptotagmin, complexin, and neuronal SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor
attachment protein receptor) proteins mediate evoked synchronous neurotransmitter …

Molecular mechanisms of synaptic vesicle priming by Munc13 and Munc18

Y Lai, UB Choi, J Leitz, HJ Rhee, C Lee, B Altas… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Munc13 catalyzes the transit of syntaxin from a closed complex with Munc18 into the ternary
SNARE complex. Here we report a new function of Munc13, independent of Munc18: it …

Molecular mechanisms of fast neurotransmitter release

AT Brunger, UB Choi, Y Lai, J Leitz… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
This review summarizes current knowledge of synaptic proteins that are central to synaptic
vesicle fusion in presynaptic active zones, including SNAREs (s oluble N-ethylmaleimide …

Vesicle trafficking and vesicle fusion: mechanisms, biological functions, and their implications for potential disease therapy

L Cui, H Li, Y ** and activation function
M Bera, S Ramakrishnan, J Coleman… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Previously we reported that Synaptotagmin-1 and Complexin synergistically clamp the
SNARE assembly process to generate and maintain a pool of docked vesicles that fuse …

Intrinsically disordered proteins in synaptic vesicle trafficking and release

D Snead, D Eliezer - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
The past few years have resulted in an increased awareness and recognition of the
prevalence and roles of intrinsically disordered proteins and protein regions (IDPs and IDRs …