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ArticleCell reports2020

Complexin Suppresses Spontaneous Exocytosis by Capturing the Membrane-Proximal Regions of VAMP2 and SNAP25.

Jörg Malsam, Simon Bärfuss, Thorsten Trimbuch, Fereshteh Zarebidaki, Andreas F-P Sonnen, Klemens Wild, Andrea Scheutzow, Lukas Rohland, Matthias P Mayer, Irmgard Sinning and 3 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Role of complexin 2 in the regulation of hormone secretion from the islet of Langerhans.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
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  9. Mutations of Single Residues in the Complexin N-terminus Exhibit Distinct Phenotypes in Synaptic Vesicle Fusion.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  11. Synaptophysin chaperones the assembly of 12 SNAREpins under each ready-release vesicle.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  16. SNARE Proteins in Synaptic Vesicle Fusion.Advances in neurobiology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jörg MalsamHeidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Simon BärfussHeidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Thorsten TrimbuchNeuroscience Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Fereshteh ZarebidakiNeuroscience Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Andreas F-P SonnenEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Klemens WildHeidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Andrea ScheutzowHeidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Lukas RohlandCenter for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Matthias P MayerCenter for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Irmgard SinningHeidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
John A G BriggsEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Christian RosenmundNeuroscience Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Thomas H SöllnerHeidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.soellner@bzh.uni-heidelberg.de.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neuronal protein complexin contains multiple domains that exert clamping and facilitatory functions to tune spontaneous and action potential-triggered synaptic release. We address the clamping mechanism and show that the accessory helix of complexin arrests assembly of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex that forms the core machinery of intracellular membrane fusion. In a reconstituted fusion assay, site- and stage-specific photo-cross-linking reveals that, prior to fusion, the complexin accessory helix laterally binds the membrane-proximal C-terminal ends of SNAP25 and VAMP2. Corresponding complexin interface mutants selectively increase spontaneous release of neurotransmitters in living neurons, implying that the accessory helix suppresses final zippering/assembly of the SNARE four-helix bundle by restraining VAMP2 and SNAP25.

Indexed as

ExocytosisCalciumCell MembraneCross-Linking ReagentsHumansLightMembrane FusionModels, BiologicalMutant ProteinsNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingProtein Structure, SecondaryProteolipidsSynapsesCalciumCross-Linking ReagentsMutant ProteinsNeurotransmitter AgentsProteolipidsproteoliposomesSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2complexincross-linkingmembrane fusionneurotransmissionSNAREsynaptotagminsyntaxin

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PMID32698012
PMCPMC7116205

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