2023
Roles for diacylglycerol in synaptic vesicle priming and release revealed by complete reconstitution of core protein machinery
Sundaram R, Chatterjee A, Bera M, Grushin K, Panda A, Li F, Coleman J, Lee S, Ramakrishnan S, Ernst A, Gupta K, Rothman J, Krishnakumar S. Roles for diacylglycerol in synaptic vesicle priming and release revealed by complete reconstitution of core protein machinery. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2309516120. PMID: 37590407, PMCID: PMC10450444, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309516120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore protein machineryRelease-ready vesiclesSynaptic vesicle primingVesicle primingProtein machinerySingle-molecule imagingSNAREpin assemblyFunctional intermediatesFunctional reconstitutionMunc13DiacylglycerolCoordinated actionMunc18VesiclesMachineryComplete reconstitutionNew roleSelective effectDetailed characterizationChaperonesRate of caReconstitutionVAMP2ComplexinMutations
2022
Munc13 structural transitions and oligomers that may choreograph successive stages in vesicle priming for neurotransmitter release
Grushin K, Kalyana Sundaram RV, Sindelar CV, Rothman JE. Munc13 structural transitions and oligomers that may choreograph successive stages in vesicle priming for neurotransmitter release. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2121259119. PMID: 35135883, PMCID: PMC8851502, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121259119.Peer-Reviewed Original Research