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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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlisterDiglyceridesExocytosisHumansSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic VesiclesSynaptotagminsConceptsCore protein machineryRelease-ready vesiclesSynaptic vesicle primingVesicle primingProtein machinerySingle-molecule imagingSNAREpin assemblyFunctional intermediatesFunctional reconstitutionMunc13DiacylglycerolCoordinated actionMunc18VesiclesMachineryComplete reconstitutionNew roleSelective effectDetailed characterizationChaperonesRate of caReconstitutionVAMP2ComplexinMutations
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Synaptophysin chaperones the assembly of 12 SNAREpins under each ready-release vesicle
Bera M, Radhakrishnan A, Coleman J, Sundaram R, Ramakrishnan S, Pincet F, Rothman J. Synaptophysin chaperones the assembly of 12 SNAREpins under each ready-release vesicle. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2311484120. PMID: 37903271, PMCID: PMC10636311, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2311484120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific molecular functionsSynaptic vesicle protein synaptophysinTarget membrane bilayerSensor synaptotagminSNARE proteinsMolecular functionsMembrane proteinsSNAREpinsReceptor vesiclesSingle-molecule measurementsGene knockoutMembrane bilayerLipid bilayersProtein synaptophysinVesiclesDetergent extractsHexamer structureSYPMechanism of actionProteinAssemblyChaperonesSynaptotagminExocytosisBilayers