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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
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