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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2023

Efficient fusion requires a membrane anchor on the vacuolar Qa-SNARE.

William Wickner, Karina Lopes, Hongki Song, Josep Rizo, Amy Orr

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William WicknerDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
Karina LopesDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
Hongki SongDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
Josep RizoDepartments of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Amy OrrDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
Dartmouth College · USSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Membrane FusionR35GM118037 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI WILLIAM Tobey WICKNER · 2016 to 2026
$8.6M
Mechanisms of neurotransmitter release and its regulationR35NS097333 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI RIZOREY, JOSE · 2017 to 2024
$7.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118037NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a prelude to fusion, the R-SNARE on one membrane zippers with Qa-, Qb-, and Qc-SNAREs from its apposed fusion partner, forming a four-helical bundle that draws the two membranes together. Because Qa- and Qb-SNAREs are anchored to the same membrane and are adjacent in the 4-SNARE bundle, their two anchors might be redundant. Using the recombinant pure protein catalysts of yeast vacuole fusion, we now report that the specific distribution of transmembrane (TM) anchors on the Q-SNAREs is critical for efficient fusion. A TM anchor on the Qa-SNARE supports rapid fusion even when the other two Q-SNAREs are unanchored, while a TM anchor on the Qb-SNARE is dispensable and is insufficient for rapid fusion as the sole Q-SNARE anchor. This does not depend on which specific TM domain is attached to the Qa-SNARE but rather is due to the Qa-SNARE being anchored per se. The need for Qa-SNARE anchoring is even seen when the

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsVacuolesQa-SNARE ProteinsQ-SNARE ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSNARE ProteinsQa-SNARE ProteinsQ-SNARE ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSNARE Proteins

Identifiers

PMID37314849
PMCPMC10398888
OpenAlexW4380576550

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