Architecture of the synaptotagmin-SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis

Autor: Zhou, Qiangjun, Lai, Ying, Bacaj, Taulant, Zhao, Minglei, Lyubimov, Artem Y, Uervirojnangkoorn, Monarin, Zeldin, Oliver B, Brewster, Aaron S, Sauter, Nicholas K, Cohen, Aina E, Soltis, S Michael, Alonso-Mori, Roberto, Chollet, Matthieu, Lemke, Henrik T, Pfuetzner, Richard A, Choi, Ucheor B, Weis, William I, Diao, Jiajie, Südhof, Thomas C, Brunger, Axel T
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Zhou, Q; Lai, Y; Bacaj, T; Zhao, M; Lyubimov, AY; Uervirojnangkoorn, M; et al.(2015). Architecture of the synaptotagmin-SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis. Nature, 525(7567), 62-67. doi: 10.1038/nature14975. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6ct9z2c1
Nature, vol 525, iss 7567
DOI: 10.1038/nature14975.
Popis: © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Synaptotagmin-1 and neuronal SNARE proteins have central roles in evoked synchronous neurotransmitter release; however, it is unknown how they cooperate to trigger synaptic vesicle fusion. Here we report atomic-resolution crystal structures of Ca2+- and Mg2+-bound complexes between synaptotagmin-1 and the neuronal SNARE complex, one of which was determined with diffraction data from an X-ray free-electron laser, leading to an atomic-resolution structure with accurate rotamer assignments for many side chains. The structures reveal several interfaces, including a large, specific, Ca2+-independent and conserved interface. Tests of this interface by mutagenesis suggest that it is essential for Ca2+-triggered neurotransmitter release in mouse hippocampal neuronal synapses and for Ca2+-triggered vesicle fusion in a reconstituted system. We propose that this interface forms before Ca2+triggering, moves en bloc as Ca2+influx promotes the interactions between synaptotagmin-1 and the plasma membrane, and consequently remodels the membrane to promote fusion, possibly in conjunction with other interfaces.
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