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
2020
Synergistic roles of Synaptotagmin-1 and complexin in calcium-regulated neuronal exocytosis
Ramakrishnan S, Bera M, Coleman J, Rothman JE, Krishnakumar SS. Synergistic roles of Synaptotagmin-1 and complexin in calcium-regulated neuronal exocytosis. ELife 2020, 9: e54506. PMID: 32401194, PMCID: PMC7220375, DOI: 10.7554/elife.54506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptotagmin-1Vesicular fusion machinerySingle-vesicle fusionFusion of vesiclesSNARE complexFusion machineryNeuronal exocytosisOligomer bindsRegulatory proteinsVesicle fusionSNAREpinsSynchronous fusionSynaptic vesiclesNovel mechanismVesiclesComplexinKinetic delayPrimary interfaceSynergistic roleFusionExocytosisMachineryProteinBindsMechanism
2018
Synaptotagmin oligomerization is essential for calcium control of regulated exocytosis
Bello OD, Jouannot O, Chaudhuri A, Stroeva E, Coleman J, Volynski KE, Rothman JE, Krishnakumar SS. Synaptotagmin oligomerization is essential for calcium control of regulated exocytosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: e7624-e7631. PMID: 30038018, PMCID: PMC6094142, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808792115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegulated exocytosisFusion machineryC2 domain proteinsCore fusion machinerySingle vesicle exocytosisConstitutive exocytosisPrincipal CaVesicular releaseMolecular mechanismsSensitive oligomersExocytosisPheochromocytoma cellsSelective disruptionSpontaneous fusionCritical roleMachineryOligomerizationDirect activationCentral componentStructural featuresConsiderable insightCalcium controlPHluorinSyt1SYT
2006
The polarity-establishment component Bem1p interacts with the exocyst complex through the Sec15p subunit
France Y, Boyd C, Coleman J, Novick P. The polarity-establishment component Bem1p interacts with the exocyst complex through the Sec15p subunit. Journal Of Cell Science 2006, 119: 876-888. PMID: 16478783, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBud growthSrc homology 3 domainTwo-hybrid studiesFirst Src homology 3 domainDirect physical interactionGreen fluorescent proteinExocyst complexGolgi traffickingSec15pSecretory pathwaySpatial regulationBem1pSecretory machineryMaster regulatorFluorescent proteinNew budsMachineryExocystSec4pPhysical interactionSubunitsCase of cellsProteinPathwayCrucial role