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 controlPHluorinSyt1SYTPRRT2 Regulates Synaptic Fusion by Directly Modulating SNARE Complex Assembly
Coleman J, Jouannot O, Ramakrishnan SK, Zanetti MN, Wang J, Salpietro V, Houlden H, Rothman JE, Krishnakumar SS. PRRT2 Regulates Synaptic Fusion by Directly Modulating SNARE Complex Assembly. Cell Reports 2018, 22: 820-831. PMID: 29346777, PMCID: PMC5792450, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProline-rich transmembrane protein 2SNARE complex assemblyComplex assemblyTrans-SNARE complex assemblyTerminal proline-rich domainSynaptic SNARE proteinsProline-rich domainParoxysmal neurological disordersSynaptic vesicle primingLive-cell imagingTransmembrane protein 2Synaptic fusionSNARE proteinsVesicle primingSingle exocytotic eventsBiophysical analysisFusion assaysMolecular mechanismsFunction mutationsPhysiological roleExocytotic eventsPre-synaptic terminalsPC12 cellsProtein 2Single vesicles
2011
Dual roles of Munc18-1 rely on distinct binding modes of the central cavity with Stx1A and SNARE complex
Shi L, Kümmel D, Coleman J, Melia TJ, Giraudo CG. Dual roles of Munc18-1 rely on distinct binding modes of the central cavity with Stx1A and SNARE complex. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2011, 22: 4150-4160. PMID: 21900493, PMCID: PMC3204075, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-02-0150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalorimetryCell MembraneHeLa CellsHuman Growth HormoneHumansLiposomesMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceMolecular ChaperonesMunc18 ProteinsNeuroendocrine CellsPC12 CellsProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein TransportRatsRecombinant ProteinsSNARE ProteinsSyntaxin 1ThermodynamicsTitrimetryConceptsSoluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptorsSyntaxin 1AMunc18-1N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptorsSec1/Munc18 (SM) proteinsFactor attachment protein receptorsCentral cavitySNARE complex assemblyIntracellular membrane traffickingAttachment protein receptorsMunc18-1 mutantsLiposome fusionPrecise molecular mechanismsMunc18 proteinsMembrane traffickingSNARE complexChaperone functionH3 domainDistinct binding modesMembrane fusionMolecular mechanismsProtein receptorsDual functionNeuroendocrine cellsBinding modes