2021
Vesicle capture by membrane‐bound Munc13‐1 requires self‐assembly into discrete clusters
Li F, Sundaram R, Gatta AT, Coleman J, Ramakrishnan S, Krishnakumar SS, Pincet F, Rothman JE. Vesicle capture by membrane‐bound Munc13‐1 requires self‐assembly into discrete clusters. FEBS Letters 2021, 595: 2185-2196. PMID: 34227103, DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMunc13-1Vesicle captureSpecific plasma membrane domainsStep-wise photobleachingC-domainMunc13-1 proteinPlasma membrane domainsSynaptic vesicle dockingC-terminal CVesicle dockingMembrane domainsTIRF microscopySoluble proteinVesicle membraneActive zoneMultiple copiesSynaptic vesiclesFunctional significanceSmall unilamellar vesiclesLipid bilayersVesiclesUnilamellar vesiclesProteinDiscrete clustersCopies
2013
Conformational Dynamics of Calcium-Triggered Activation of Fusion by Synaptotagmin
Krishnakumar SS, Kümmel D, Jones SJ, Radoff DT, Reinisch KM, Rothman JE. Conformational Dynamics of Calcium-Triggered Activation of Fusion by Synaptotagmin. Biophysical Journal 2013, 105: 2507-2516. PMID: 24314081, PMCID: PMC3853086, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.10.029.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Membrane Topography of the Hydrophobic Anchor Sequence of Poliovirus 3A and 3AB Proteins and the Functional Effect of 3A/3AB Membrane Association upon RNA Replication †
Fujita K, Krishnakumar SS, Franco D, Paul AV, London E, Wimmer E. Membrane Topography of the Hydrophobic Anchor Sequence of Poliovirus 3A and 3AB Proteins and the Functional Effect of 3A/3AB Membrane Association upon RNA Replication †. Biochemistry 2007, 46: 5185-5199. PMID: 17417822, PMCID: PMC2519882, DOI: 10.1021/bi6024758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModel membrane vesiclesAnchor sequenceHydrophobic anchor sequenceMembrane vesiclesViral protein 3ABFull-length proteinN-terminal boundaryTransmembrane topographyMembrane associationSuppressor mutationsTransmembrane segmentsProtein 3ABRNA polymeraseMembranous vesiclesC-terminusMembrane topographyCytoplasmic surfaceHost cellsRNA replicationPoliovirus RNAHeLa cellsSingle tryptophanProteinUridylylation reactionLipid bilayers