Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-10-2017

Publication Title

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

Recent studies suggest revisions to the SNARE paradigm of membrane fusion. Membrane tethers and/or SNAREs recruit proteins of the Sec 1/Munc18 family to catalyze SNARE assembly into trans-complexes. SNARE-domain zippering draws the bilayers into immediate apposition and provides a platform to position fusion triggers such as Sec 17/α-SNAP and/or synaptotagmin, which insert their apolar "wedge" domains into the bilayers, initiating the lipid rearrangements of fusion.

DOI

10.1091/mbc.E16-07-0517

Original Citation

Wickner W, Rizo J. A cascade of multiple proteins and lipids catalyzes membrane fusion. Mol Biol Cell. 2017;28(6):707-711. doi:10.1091/mbc.E16-07-0517

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