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 caReconstitutionVAMP2ComplexinMutationsATG9 vesicles comprise the seed membrane of mammalian autophagosomes
Olivas T, Wu Y, Yu S, Luan L, Choi P, Guinn E, Nag S, De Camilli P, Gupta K, Melia T. ATG9 vesicles comprise the seed membrane of mammalian autophagosomes. Journal Of Cell Biology 2023, 222: e202208088. PMID: 37115958, PMCID: PMC10148236, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202208088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtg9 vesiclesMammalian autophagosomesStyrene maleic acid lipid particlesLipid scramblase activityLC3-IIAutophagosomes formAutophagosome membraneMature autophagosomesScramblase activityAutophagosome formationAtg9Lipid transportMembrane growthAutophagosomesNanoscale organizationProtein-mediated transferProteinMembrane surface areaOrganellesVesiclesSeed membraneMembraneLipid particlesLipidsDifferent stages