FUSION COMPLEX-FORMATION PROTECTS SYNAPTOBREVIN AGAINST PROTEOLYSIS BY TETANUS TOXIN LIGHT-CHAIN

被引:44
作者
PELLEGRINI, LL [1 ]
OCONNOR, V [1 ]
BETZ, H [1 ]
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST HIRNFORSCH,NEUROCHEM ABT,D-60528 FRANKFURT,GERMANY
关键词
NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; SYNAPTIC VESICLE; SYNAPTOBREVIN; TETANUS TOXIN; 20 S FUSION COMPLEX;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(94)01070-6
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The clostridial neurotoxin, tetanus toxin, is a Zn2+-dependent protease which inhibits neurotransmitter exocytosis by selective cleavage of the synaptic vesicle protein, synaptobrevin. Synaptobrevin is thought to serve as a receptor for two neuronal plasma membrane proteins, syntaxin and SNAP-25, which in the presence of non-hydrolyzable ATP analogs form a 20 S fusion complex with the soluble fusion proteins NSF and alpha-SNAP. Here we show that synaptobrevin, when in this 20 S complex, or its 7 S precursor, is protected against proteolysis by the enzymatically active tetanus toxin light chain. Our data define distinct pools of synaptobrevin, which provide markers of different steps of vesicle/plasma membrane interaction.
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页码:319 / 323
页数:5
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