Title

Sec17/Sec18 act twice, enhancing membrane fusion and then disassembling cis-SNARE complexes

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-18-2017

Publication Title

eLIFE

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

At physiological protein levels, the slow HOPS-and SNARE-dependent fusion which occurs upon complete SNARE zippering is stimulated by Sec17 and Sec18:ATP without requiring ATP hydrolysis. To stimulate, Sec17 needs its central residues which bind the 0-layer of the SNARE complex and its N-terminal apolar loop. Adding a transmembrane anchor to the N-terminus of Sec17 bypasses this requirement for apolarity of the Sec17 loop, suggesting that the loop functions for membrane binding rather than to trigger bilayer rearrangement. In contrast, when complete C-terminal SNARE zippering is prevented, fusion strictly requires Sec18 and Sec17, and the Sec17 apolar loop has functions beyond membrane anchoring. Thus Sec17 and Sec18 act twice in the fusion cycle, binding to trans-SNARE complexes to accelerate fusion, then hydrolyzing ATP to disassemble cis-SNARE complexes.

DOI

10.7554/eLife.26646

Original Citation

Song H, Orr A, Duan M, Merz AJ, Wickner W. Sec17/Sec18 act twice, enhancing membrane fusion and then disassembling cis-SNARE complexes. Elife. 2017 Jul 18;6:e26646. doi: 10.7554/eLife.26646. PMID: 28718762; PMCID: PMC5540461.

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