SNARE complexes and neuroexocytosis: how many, how close?

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作者
Montecucco, C
Schiavo, G
Pantano, S
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Sci Biomed, I-35121 Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Padua, CNR, Ist Neurosci, I-35121 Padua, Italy
[3] Canc Res UK, Lond Res Inst, Lincolns Inn Fields Labs, Mol Neuropathobiol Lab, London WC2A 3PX, England
[4] Ist Veneto Med Mol, I-35129 Padua, Italy
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10.1016/j.tibs.2005.05.002
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Regulated secretion is an essential process in all eukaryotic cells. The release of molecules contained inside exocytic granules and synaptic vesicles is mediated by the assembly of a SNARE complex formed by the coil-coiling of three proteins: SNAP-25, syntaxin and VAMP/synaptobrevin. It seems that SNARE complexes assemble together in rosette-shaped super-complexes but there is controversy on the actual number (N) of copies of SNARE complexes that are necessary to mediate exocytosis. We discuss attempts to determine the value of N and suggest that N varies with the type of exocytic vesicles. In addition, we propose that the N value in neuroexocytosis can be estimated by the comparative use of different types of botulinum neurotoxins.
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