2024
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers
Li F, Coleman J, Redondo-Morata L, Kalyana Sundaram R, Stroeva E, Rothman J, Pincet F. Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers. Communications Biology 2024, 7: 1608. PMID: 39627539, PMCID: PMC11615320, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-07317-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSyt-1Lipid bilayerRing-like oligomersCa2+-evoked releaseSynaptotagmin-1Single-molecule imaging methodsSynaptic vesiclesBiochemical evidencePhysiological requirementsOligomerizationAnalysis of assembliesBilayerOligomersCa2+LipidAssemblyCa2Classes of oligomersMutationsVesiclesDisassemblyEvoked release
2019
Synaptotagmin oligomers are necessary and can be sufficient to form a Ca2+‐sensitive fusion clamp
Ramakrishnan S, Bera M, Coleman J, Krishnakumar SS, Pincet F, Rothman JE. Synaptotagmin oligomers are necessary and can be sufficient to form a Ca2+‐sensitive fusion clamp. FEBS Letters 2019, 593: 154-162. PMID: 30570144, PMCID: PMC6349546, DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13317.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Ring-like oligomers of Synaptotagmins and related C2 domain proteins
Zanetti MN, Bello OD, Wang J, Coleman J, Cai Y, Sindelar CV, Rothman JE, Krishnakumar SS. Ring-like oligomers of Synaptotagmins and related C2 domain proteins. ELife 2016, 5: e17262. PMID: 27434670, PMCID: PMC4977156, DOI: 10.7554/elife.17262.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Calcium sensitive ring-like oligomers formed by synaptotagmin
Wang J, Bello O, Auclair SM, Wang J, Coleman J, Pincet F, Krishnakumar SS, Sindelar CV, Rothman JE. Calcium sensitive ring-like oligomers formed by synaptotagmin. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 13966-13971. PMID: 25201968, PMCID: PMC4183308, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415849111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic vesicle protein Synaptotagmin 1Cytosolic domainSoluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factorN-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factorMembrane fusion machineryReceptor complex assemblyRing-like oligomersFusion machineryC2 domainComplex assemblySynaptotagmin-1Helical reconstructionFusion proceedsNovel mechanismStructural mechanismsLipid monolayersNeurotransmitter releaseAbsence of calciumPhysiological concentrationsRing formationPresence of calciumFree calcium ionsSynaptotagminCalcium influxCircular arrangement